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单词 lepers
释义

leper

noun

lep·​er ˈle-pər How to pronounce leper (audio)
1
: a person affected with leprosy
2
: a person shunned for moral or social reasons

Synonyms

  • castaway
  • castoff
  • offscouring
  • outcast
  • pariah
  • reject
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Example Sentences

was treated as a leper after she leveled unpopular criticism of the beloved star
Recent Examples on the Web In this documentary short, life in a leper colony is shown to the outside world. cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022 Chief among the rudely treated are women of childbearing age and the denizens of a leper colony outside Nazareth’s gates. Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 When the audience sees climactic moments from the Gospels, such as Jesus’s miraculous healing of a leper, the events register as disruptions of the status quo. Chris Deville, The Atlantic, 27 June 2021 Many of Jesus ’ teachings revolve around the value of the outcast, the stranger, the leper and the suffering. Jory Fleming, WSJ, 17 June 2021 All these years later, Kuchel remains a leper to the O.C. GOP. Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2021 Weissmann should be obliged to go about wearing bells like a medieval leper to warn the unsuspecting of his approach. Conrad Black, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020 Set flamboyantly in the Holy Land, a miracle worker has arrived — just as one who, centuries before, healed a desperate leper who came before him after delivery of the Sermon on the Mount. Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020 For centuries, leper colonies and lazarettos had sequestered bodies and cargos suspected of carrying disease. Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from lepre leprosy, from Late Latin lepra, from Greek, from lepein to peel; perhaps akin to Lithuanian lopas piece, scrap

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

leper

noun

lep·​er ˈlep-ər How to pronounce leper (audio)
: an individual affected with leprosy

lepers

noun

plural of leper
as in outcasts
one who is cast out or rejected by society was treated as a leper after she leveled unpopular criticism of the beloved star

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • outcasts
  • pariahs
  • castaways
  • untouchables
  • outsiders
  • rejects
  • castoffs
  • exiles
  • offscourings
  • deportees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • insiders
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