leprous

adjective8

1. •
   Of or relating to one of the diseases known as leprosy.

   • […] 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 […] — 1748
2. •
   Infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy.

   • And the Lord said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. — 1611
3. •
   Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.
4. •
   Having the appearance of the skin of one infected with leprosy; flaking, peeling, scabby, scurfy.
5. •
   (historical) Of gold or other metals: contaminated with other substances; impure.
6. •
   (no longer used) Synonym of leprose (“covered with thin scurfy scales, scaly-looking”).
7. •
   (figurative, no longer used) Immoral, or corrupted or tainted in some manner; also, ostracized, shunned.

   • My whole Life is so leprous, it infects All my Repentance: I wou’d buy your Pardon Though at the highest Set, even with my Life: — 1608
8. •
   (no longer used) Causing leprosy or a disease resembling it.

   • Thy vncle came, with iuyce of Hebona, / In a viall, and through the porches of my eares / Did powre the leaprous distilment, whose effect / Hold such an enmitie with blood of man, […] — 1599