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leaden | x |

As an adjective leaden

is (dated) made of lead.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

leaden

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated) Made of lead.
  • Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
  • * Ode to a Nightingale , John Keats
    • "Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow."
  • Dull; darkened with overcast.
    • the sky was leaden and thick
  • * 1999: Stardust , Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
    • "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."

    Anagrams

    * * English adjectives ending in -en

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----