leprose
Adjective Satellite
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Adj
- Synonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
- Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
Adjective
- Affected with or resembling leprosy; scaly.
Examples
- The old Scrabble board had a LEPROSE appearance, worn from countless games.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
lepidote, scabrous, scaly, scurfy, afflicted with leprosy, leprous, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus, scaly or lepidote
Scrabble Score: 9
leprose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordleprose: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leprose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary