plumbeous

[pluhm-bee-uh s]

adjective

resembling or containing lead; leaden.

Origin of plumbeous

1570–80; < Latin plumbeus, equivalent to plumb(um) lead + -eus -eous

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Examples from the Web for plumbeous

Historical Examples of plumbeous

The third common bird of Himalayan streams is the plumbeous redstart or water-robin (Rhyacornis fuliginosus).
Birds of the Indian Hills
Douglas Dewar
The glass and plumbeous glazes may be colored with a variety of other oxides, without losing their transparency.
The Ceramic Art
Jennie J. Young
Wings and tail slate-black edged chiefly with bluish plumbeous gray, the coverts and tertiaries with olive-green.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two
Arthur Bent
Wing coverts black, plumbeous edged and tipped with white tinged with wood-brown forming two wing bands.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two
Arthur Bent
As a kitten of the Muses and meer frog of Helicon he croaked cataracts of plumbeous cerebrosity.
Oxford and its Story
Cecil Headlam

British Dictionary definitions for plumbeous

plumbeous

adjective

made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour

Word Origin for plumbeous

C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead

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