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plumbeous

[pluhm-bee-uhs]

adjective

resembling or containing lead; leaden.

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

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plumbeous (ˈplʌmbɪəs)

—*adj*
	made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour

[C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead]

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