leprose

• Adjetivo pouco comum que significa coberto de escamas ou descamação, semelhante a caspa; também pode se referir a algo que lembra a pele de um leproso.

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.

   Áspero e escamoso

   • 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.

   Sinônimoslepidoteroughscabrousscalyscurfy

   Antônimosevenglabrouspolishedsilkysmooth