leper
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English
Etymology
From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French , from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛpə(ɹ)
Noun
leper (plural lepers)
- A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
- (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
Derived terms
Translations
person who has leprosy
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Verb
leper (third-person singular simple present lepers, present participle lepering, simple past and past participle lepered)
- (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.
References
- “leper, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022. - Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “leper”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “leper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
