Standard Lemma guide

leprosity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /lɛˈpɹɑsɪti/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /lɛˈpɹɒsɪti/
  • rhymes with -ɒsɪti

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of leprosy in its various senses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leprosy

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The supposed impurity or impurities of various metals, understood as causing their deviation from gold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience

Examples

  • The purpose of physical alchemy—as opposed to its various spiritual pursuits—was to treat the leprosity of base metals such as lead, refining and purifying them into gold.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of scaliness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scaliness

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English leprosite, from Medieval Latin leprositas (“state of being leprous, leprosy”) either directly or via French leprosite, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -itas (“-ity”).