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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English lepre leprosy < Latin lepra < Greek lépra, noun use of feminine of leprós scaly, akin to lépos scale, lépein to peel
1350–1400; Middle English lepre leprosy < Latin lepra < Greek lépra, noun use of feminine of leprós scaly, akin to lépos scale, lépein to peel
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Leper
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example Sentences
- In his own heroic way, he refused to be the great celebrity leper.
- Thailand is considering using several former leper colonies to quarantine large groups.
- Lepers were usually shunned and sequestered in leper colonies.
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Word Origin & History
leper
"one afflicted with leprosy," late 14c., from L.L. lepra, from Gk. lepra "leprosy," from fem. of lepros (adj.) "scaly," from leops "a scale," related to lepein "to peel," from lopos "a peel," from PIE base *lep- "to peel, scale" (see leaf). Originally the word for the disease
EXPANDitself (mid-13c.); because of the -er ending it came to mean "person with leprosy," so leprosy was coined 16c. from adj. leprous.
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leper lep·er (lěp'ər)
n.
One who has leprosy.
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