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Yes. The word leprous is a Scrabble US word. The word leprous is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word leprous is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (4 found)

LEPROUS,PELORUS,PERLOUS,SPORULE,

6-letter words (17 found)

LOPERS,LOUPES,LOURES,LOUSER,POLERS,POSEUR,POULES,PROLES,PROULS,PULERS,PULSER,ROULES,SLOPER,SOUPER,SOUPLE,SPLORE,UPROSE,

5-letter words (55 found)

ELOPS,EORLS,EUROS,EUSOL,LERPS,LOPER,LOPES,LORES,LOSER,LOUPE,LOUPS,LOURE,LOURS,LOUSE,LURES,LUSER,OLPES,ORLES,OUSEL,PLUES,POLER,POLES,PORES,POSER,POULE,POURS,PROLE,PROSE,PROUL,PUERS,PULER,PULES,PULSE,PURES,PURLS,PURSE,PUSLE,REPOS,ROLES,ROPES,ROUES,ROULE,ROULS,ROUPS,ROUSE,RULES,SLOPE,SLURP,SOLER,SOREL,SPORE,SPRUE,SPUER,SPULE,SUPER,

4-letter words (71 found)

EORL,EPOS,EROS,EURO,LEPS,LERP,LOPE,LOPS,LORE,LOSE,LOUP,LOUR,LOUS,LUES,LURE,LURS,OLES,OLPE,OPES,OPUS,ORES,ORLE,OUPS,OURS,PELS,PESO,PLUE,PLUS,POLE,POLS,PORE,POSE,POUR,PROS,PUER,PULE,PULS,PURE,PURL,PURS,REOS,REPO,REPS,ROES,ROLE,ROPE,ROSE,ROUE,ROUL,ROUP,RUES,RULE,RUSE,SLOE,SLOP,SLUE,SLUR,SOLE,SORE,SOUL,SOUP,SOUR,SPUE,SPUR,SUER,SUPE,SURE,ULES,URES,URPS,USER,

3-letter words (50 found)

ELS,ERS,LEP,LES,LEU,LOP,LOR,LOS,LOU,LUR,OES,OLE,OPE,OPS,ORE,ORS,OSE,OUP,OUR,OUS,PEL,PER,PES,PLU,POL,POS,PRE,PRO,PUL,PUR,PUS,REO,REP,RES,ROE,RUE,SEL,SER,SOL,SOP,SOU,SUE,SUP,SUR,ULE,UPO,UPS,URE,URP,USE,

2-letter words (16 found)

EL,ER,ES,LO,OE,OP,OR,OS,OU,PE,PO,RE,SO,UP,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 214 words from leprous according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leprous

leprous

Etymology

From Middle English leprous (“having leprosy or a skin disease with symptoms like leprosy; (alchemy) of metals or minerals: impure; a leper”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman leprous, lepros [and other forms], Middle French lepros, lepreux, and Old French leprous, lepros (“having leprosy; a leper”) (modern French lépreux), and from their etymon Late Latin leprosus (“having leprosy; (alchemy) of metals: impure; a leper”), from Latin lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Lepra is derived from Ancient Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “leprosy”), from λεπῐ́ς (lepís, “flake, scale; epithelial debris”) (perhaps from λέπω (lépō, “to peel, strip off a husk or rind”) + -ῐς (-is, suffix forming feminine nouns)) + -ᾱ (-ā, suffix forming action nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛpɹəs/
  • Hyphenation: lepr‧ous

Adjective

leprous (comparative more leprous, superlative most leprous)

  1. Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.
    Synonyms: (rare) lepric, leproid, (archaic) leprosed, leprosied, lazar, lazarlike
    • 1748, Philip Luckombe, A Tour Through Ireland, London: T. Lowndes & Son, 1783, Journey the Fourth, p. 324,[1]
      […] a dissenting minister […] came to this well, over-run with leprous eruptions on the skin, which had rendered his joints so rigid, that he could neither hold his bridle, nor feed himself […]
  2. Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
    Synonym: lazarlike
  3. Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
  4. (figuratively, archaic) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.
  5. (alchemy, historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
  6. (botany, archaic) Synonym of leprose (“covered with thin scurfy scales, scaly-looking”)
  7. (obsolete) Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.

Usage notes

Generally, the adjective leprous is used when speaking of people afflicted with the disease, its symptoms, or its transmission and leprotic is preferred when speaking of the disease itself.

Synonyms

  • lepered (archaic); leproid, leprotic, lepric (particularly with regard to the disease itself); lepromatic, lepromatous, lepromatoid (part. with regard to leprous lesions), mesel (obs.)

Derived terms

  • leprously
  • leprousness

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References

  • “leprous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Sproule, pelorus, per'lous, perlous, sporule

Old French

Adjective

leprous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular leprouse)

  1. leprous; having leprosy

Declension

Noun

leprous m

  1. a leper

Descendants

  • English: leprous
  • French: lépreux

Source: wiktionary.org