The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leprousness
Leprous \Lep"rous\ (-r[=u]s), a. [OF. leprous, lepros, F. l['e]preux, fr. L. leprosus, fr. lepra, leprae, leprosy. See Leper.]
Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy. ``His hand was leprous as snow.''
--Ex. iv. 6.(Nat. Hist.) Leprose. [1913 Webster] -- Lep"rous*ly, adv. -- Lep"rous*ness, n.
Usage examples of "leprousness".
That aura of leprousness, of disease, had grown—but so, it seemed, had the vampire's feverish, monstrous power.