/lep"reuh kawn', -kon'/ , n. Irish Folklore.
1. a dwarf or sprite.
2. a conventionalized literary representation of this figure as a little old man who will reveal the location of a hidden crock of gold to anyone who catches him.
[ 1595-1605; leipreachán, lucharachán, MIr luchrapán, lupra ( c ) cán, metathesized forms of OIr lúchorp ( án ), equiv. to lú- small + corp body ( corpus ) + -án dim. suffix ]