Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Leprous \Lep"rous\ (-r[=u]s), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F.
   l['e]preux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See
   {Leper}.]
   1. Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling
      leprosy. ``His hand was leprous as snow.'' --Ex. iv. 6.

   2. (Nat. Hist.) Leprose. -- {Lep"rous*ly}, adv. --
      {Lep"rous*ness}, n.