leprosity
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English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɛˈpɹɑsɪti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɛˈpɹɒsɪti/
- Rhymes: -ɒsɪti
Noun
leprosity (countable and uncountable, plural leprosities)
- (medicine, now rare) Synonym of leprosy in its various senses.
- (alchemy, of metals) The supposed impurity or impurities of various metals, understood as causing their deviation from gold.
- (biology, of plants, now rare) Synonym of scaliness.
References
- “leprosity, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
