leprose

• Adjectif peu courant désignant ce qui est couvert d'écailles ou de squames, rappelant la peau d'un lépreux ; terme vieilli ou technique pour squameux ou farineux.

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.

   Lépreux (texture)

   • 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.

   Synonymeslepidoteroughscabrousscalyscurfy

   Antonymesevenglabrouspolishedsilkysmooth