leprosityn.

Brit.

/lɛˈprɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/lɛˈprɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English leprosite, 1500s leprositie, 1600s– leprosity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin leprositat-, leprositas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin leprositat-, leprositas leprosy (1477; also in an undated grammatical text and an undated saint's life) < leprosus leprous adj. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French leprosite (1407).Although not attested in contextual use in the 18th cent., the word continues to be found in dictionaries, including Johnson (1755).

Now rare.

1. = leprosy n. 1. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy

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

c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 133 (MED) This woman was infect with leprosite, whech encresed in hir so horibily þat all hir body was infect.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 28^v With the..tortoyses of this Ilande, many leprous men are healed and clensed of theyr leprositie [L. multi..leprosi sua labe mundantur].

1635 A. Read Chirurg. Lect. Tumors & Vlcers 222 The Grecian leprosity may be thus described.

1820 London Lit. Gaz. 23 Sept. 613/2 Leprosity, it appears, is still as prevalent in this part of Africa as it was once in Europe.

1869 Jrnl. Cutaneous Med. 3 256 In the popular language of the present day, elephantiasis is the leprosy—not the leprosy of the Greeks as appertaining to simple leprosity or roughness, like lepra; but the chief of leprosies, in the generic signification of the latter term.

1889 Leonard's Illustr. Med. Jrnl. July 39/4 Since Unna's discovery, leprosity has ceased to be the most refractory of diseases.

1969 J. Updike in New Yorker 5 Apr. 33/2 Mare Serenitatis showed, and one bluish blind mad eye, and the side of your lopsided leprous smile. At first I loved you [sc. the moon] in spite of your leprosity.

2. Alchemy. Impurity of a metal; †an instance of this, an impurity (obsolete). Cf. leprous adj. 3. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xxv. sig. N6 He cannot take away that leprosity, and Imperfectnesse that keepes base Mettalles from being the best.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §326 If the Crudities, Impurities and Leprosities of Metals were cured, they would become Gold.

1693 S. Wesley Life our Blessed Lord ii. 68 According to the Chymists Fancy, who talk much of curing the Leprosity of baser Metals, in order to their Transmutation.

1990 B. Obrist in tr. Constantine of Pisa Bk. Secrets Alchemy 45 The characteristics attributed to the planets correspond to those observed in metals, such as the ‘leprosity’ of tin.

3. Botany. Scaliness (of a plant part). Cf. leprose adj., leprous adj. 4a. rare.

ΚΠ

1978 Kew Bull. 33 37 The rufous scaly leprosity of the young growth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leprosity
释义	leprosityn. Brit. /lɛˈprɒsᵻti/, U.S. /lɛˈprɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English leprosite, 1500s leprositie, 1600s– leprosity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin leprositat-, leprositas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin leprositat-, leprositas leprosy (1477; also in an undated grammatical text and an undated saint's life) < leprosus leprous adj. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French leprosite (1407).Although not attested in contextual use in the 18th cent., the word continues to be found in dictionaries, including Johnson (1755). Now rare. 1. = leprosy n. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy 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 c1451 J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert (1910) 133 (MED) This woman was infect with leprosite, whech encresed in hir so horibily þat all hir body was infect. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vi. f. 28^v With the..tortoyses of this Ilande, many leprous men are healed and clensed of theyr leprositie [L. multi..leprosi sua labe mundantur]. 1635 A. Read Chirurg. Lect. Tumors & Vlcers 222 The Grecian leprosity may be thus described. 1820 London Lit. Gaz. 23 Sept. 613/2 Leprosity, it appears, is still as prevalent in this part of Africa as it was once in Europe. 1869 Jrnl. Cutaneous Med. 3 256 In the popular language of the present day, elephantiasis is the leprosy—not the leprosy of the Greeks as appertaining to simple leprosity or roughness, like lepra; but the chief of leprosies, in the generic signification of the latter term. 1889 Leonard's Illustr. Med. Jrnl. July 39/4 Since Unna's discovery, leprosity has ceased to be the most refractory of diseases. 1969 J. Updike in New Yorker 5 Apr. 33/2 Mare Serenitatis showed, and one bluish blind mad eye, and the side of your lopsided leprous smile. At first I loved you [sc. the moon] in spite of your leprosity. 2. Alchemy. Impurity of a metal; †an instance of this, an impurity (obsolete). Cf. leprous adj. 3. Now historical. ΚΠ 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xxv. sig. N6 He cannot take away that leprosity, and Imperfectnesse that keepes base Mettalles from being the best. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §326 If the Crudities, Impurities and Leprosities of Metals were cured, they would become Gold. 1693 S. Wesley Life our Blessed Lord ii. 68 According to the Chymists Fancy, who talk much of curing the Leprosity of baser Metals, in order to their Transmutation. 1990 B. Obrist in tr. Constantine of Pisa Bk. Secrets Alchemy 45 The characteristics attributed to the planets correspond to those observed in metals, such as the ‘leprosity’ of tin. 3. Botany. Scaliness (of a plant part). Cf. leprose adj., leprous adj. 4a. rare. ΚΠ 1978 Kew Bull. 33 37 The rufous scaly leprosity of the young growth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1451
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