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† ˈplumbean, a. Obs.
[f. L. plumbe-us leaden + -an.]
Resembling lead; leaden; lead-coloured.
1656Blount Glossogr., Plumbean, Plumbeous, of the colour and property of lead; leaden; also dull, blunt. a1688Cudworth Immut. Mor. i. iii. §7 To make wisdom..to be..regulated by such a..‘plumbean and flexible rule’ as that is, is quite to destroy the nature of it. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 312 He had..a pale plumbean countenance. |