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Plumbeous vs Leaden - What's the difference?

plumbeous | leaden |

As adjectives the difference between plumbeous and leaden

is that plumbeous is consisting of, or resembling, lead while leaden is (dated) made of lead.

plumbeous

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Consisting of, or resembling, lead.
  • (rare) Dull; heavy; stupid.

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    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."

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