释义 |
† ˈlepress Obs. [f. leper n.2 + -ess.] A female leper. Also quasi-adj.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Exam. Lazares Q ij b, Yf the mother be a lepresse. Ibid. Q iij, Than ought ye to enquyre yf he hath had y⊇ company of any lepresse woman.. A woman is nat so daungerous to be a lepresse to habyte with a lazare, as it shulde be a man to habyte with a lazarous woman. |