leprose

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das bedeutet mit Schuppen oder kleieartigen Hautschüppchen bedeckt zu sein oder an die Haut eines Aussätzigen erinnernd.

An obsolete adjective meaning covered with scales or scurf, resembling the skin of a leper.

1. Rough and scalyC2formal

   Having a rough, scaly, or scurfy surface texture, resembling the appearance of leprosy.

   Rau und schuppig

   • The lichen had a leprose crust on the rock.
   • The old wall was covered in a leprose growth of moss.
   • The botanist described the plant's stem as leprose.

   Synonymelepidoteroughscabrousscalyscurfy

   Antonymeevenglabrouspolishedsilkysmooth