(rare, sciences) A butterfly or moth.

(government) Initialism of local enterprise partnership. / (US, government) Initialism of limited English proficient.

(physics) Initialism of Large Electron-Positron Collider.

plural of lep

plural of LEP

(Irish folklore) One of a race of elves that can reveal hidden treasure to those who catch them.

(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease. / (figuratively) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

(now rare) To afflict with leprosy. / (figuratively, now rare) Synonym of infect. / (figuratively, now rare) Synonym of disfigure. / (figuratively, now rare) Synonym of taint.

Relating to or infected with one of the diseases known as leprosy. / Similar to leprosy or its symptoms.