单词 | leprosed |
释义 | leprosedadj. Now archaic and rare. Made leprous; affected with leprosy. Also figurative: tainted; shunned. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > leprosy > afflicted with leprous?c1225 meselc1300 leperc1400 meselinga1450 lazar1483 lazarous1536 leprosed1551 lepery1558 meselya1585 lepered1598 meseled1611 belepered1633 lazarly1634 leprosied1840 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. xcvi So many sycke, so many blynde, so many bleare eyed,..palseyd, leprosed, sorowful, exyled, [etc.]. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 61 Miriam was leprous'd as white as snow. 1765 J. Matlock Hymns & Spiritual Songs cxxiv. 157 To offer up the Blood divine Of the most holy Child our Jesus That cleanses all the Sins of Men. When apply'd From his Side To the lepros'd Sinner. a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) vii. 49 And you, ye lepros'd ills..Make your abiding with the shunn'd and fear'd. 2005 N. Galland Fool's Tale (2006) 404 It [sc. a strand of hair] was probably cut off some leprosed peasant who died on the side of the road near the shrine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1551 |
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