Recent Examples on the WebThe largest iteration of Audrey II squats upon the stage like a mammoth, leprous frog — a spectacle that is practically worth the price of admission all by itself. Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2019 And not be seen as leprous, or as condemned, or as diseased. Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 13 June 2019
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French leprus, from Late Latin leprosus, from lepra leprosy — more at leper