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Leprous
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| leprous (ˈlɛprəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having leprosy |
| 2. | relating to or resembling leprosy |
| 3. | biology a less common word for leprose |
| [C13: from Old French, from Late Latin leprosus, from lepra | |
| 'leprously | |
| —adv | |
| 'leprousness | |
| —n | |
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leprous
early 13c., leprus, from O.Fr. lepros (Mod.Fr. lépreux), from L.L. leprosus, from lepra (see leper).
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