Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: leprous, afflicted with leprosy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lepidote, scabrous, scaly, scurfy
Antonyms: none provided
History
From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).
