† lepernessn.
Obsolete.
= leprosy n. 1.
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spittle-evil?c1225
leperc1275
meselrya1387
lepraa1398
mesela1400
leprosy?a1450
leprosityc1451
lepryc1475
leperhood1491
leperhead1493
leprousnessa1500
lazaryc1503
meselnessc1520
tyre1547
lepernessa1557
satyriasis1587
lazarousness1648
leontiasis1753
cocobay1788
Hansen's disease1938
a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) viii. 3 And bi and bi his lepernes was clensed.
1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 187 Sa handillit [he] was with sic Infirmitie, With Lippernes, ane fouller nane culd be.
1695 Delectable Little Hist. 20 This lippernes will I now take in hand, Mend her sicknes in truth I take no fear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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