plumbeousadj.

Brit.

/ˈplʌmbɪəs/, U.S.

/ˈpləmbiəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plumbeus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin plumbeus made of lead, leaden, resembling lead, dull, heavy, in post-classical Latin also lead-coloured (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; < plumbum lead (see plumb n.¹) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare later plumbous adj.

†1. Dull, ponderous; leaden. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy

heavyc1000

unlightc1330

sada1375

chargeousa1382

lumpinga1400

ponderousa1400

weighingc1400

poisant1477

peisant1483

wieldlya1500

weighty1500

peiseda1522

burdenous1529

weightful1530

grave1570

leaden1578

plumbeousa1586

wieldy1592

peisy1599

well-weighing?1615

lead-like1816

hefty1867

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull

tedious1412

weary1549

plumbeousa1586

ungayed1670

deserta1674

prosaic1692

pedestrian1716

languishing1741

unglittering1813

prosy1837

urned1849

monotone1862

bluebooky1872

stodgy1874

pedestrial1941

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Lady of May in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb5^v Attend and throw your eares to me..till I haue endoctrinated your plumbeous cerebrosities.

1631 R. Knevet Rhodon & Idris iv. ii. l.24 But I have a plot, old plumbeous dotard.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 58 The motion of Saturn..plumbeous and long.

1672 G. Sinclair Hydrostaticks 319 'Tis like this Antagonist, will set his Plumbeous Cerebrosity a work to rifle some of my Writings.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 284 Whether he be such a Plumbeous Blew-nosed Planet as Antiquity marks him.

1860 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 253/1 Man..daily compels the innocent breath to discharge a plumbeous hail of rhetoric.

a. Made of or containing lead. Also: resembling lead in density or (occasionally) some other physical property; heavy. Now rare.In quot. 1611 as part of an extended metaphor.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of or relating to lead > resembling

leadish1398

plumbeous1611

plumbean1656

1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. C4^v The poore carkasse of my crased braine hauing lately disburdened it selfe of the plumbeous weight of my elaborate Crudities, doth now as it were groane vnder this heauie and close-bound loade.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Plumbeous, full of lead, heauie.

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 187 It may be probably concluded: First, That it is composed ex solido & liquido, of a plumbeous or leaden temper.

1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals ii. 208 But when Arsenick is predominant in the Ore; the plumbeous Part turns immediately into a very penetrating, and very fusible Glass.

1831 J. G. Whittier in New Eng. Q. (1933) 6 594 Whether it be that some of them [sc. newspapers] are of so unsubstantial a nature as actually to evaporate, and others of so plumbeous a composition as to sink down into the very earth, we shall not undertake to say.

1869 in Sci. Amer. (1869) 4 Sept. 153/1 Velocity alone is needed to convert half a gallon of shot and half a gallon of water into a plumbeous porridge.

2000 M. Beaumont e 134 The work was going down like a plumbeous inflatable for all the reasons I had outlined. Basically the client spotted the flaws.

b. Lead-coloured; resembling lead in appearance. In later use chiefly Zoology.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > lead grey

leadenc1386

wana1398

leadish1398

leady1398

plumby1486

plumbine1597

leaden-coloured1598

lead-coloured1611

plumbean1656

plumbeous1658

lead-grey1837

leaden-hued1877

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Plumbeous, leaden, of the colour of lead.

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 187 It may be probably concluded: First, That it is composed ex solido & liquido, of a plumbeous or leaden..colour.

1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia ii. 382 There thrust out all the Body over Spots, purple, plumbeous, blue.

1754 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. 63 A Cancer is a hard, round, unequal Tumour... Its Colour is livid, blackish, or plumbeous.

1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont 27/1 The short-tailed shrew... Color of the head, body and tail dark plumbeous brown above, a little lighter beneath.

1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 115 Another and smaller species, the plumbeous or sooty redstart.

1917 T. G. Pearson Birds of Amer. III. 108/2 The Plumbeous Vireo..of the southern Rocky Mountain Region.

1965 B. Behan Confessions Irish Rebel (1967) 191 The chairman's plumbeous face turned blue.

1991 A. M. Emmet Sci. Names Brit. Lepidoptera 117 The ocellus of the forewing..lacks the metallic plumbeous edging and the black dashes present in related species.

3. Ceramics. Lead-glazed. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > glazed in specific way

crazed1874

plumbeous1875

lustred1893

lead-glazed1899

tin-glazed1904

faienced1912

smear-glazed1963

1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica i. 4 Glazed and enamelled wares..plumbeous or lead glazed.

1879 J. J. Young Ceramic Art 63 Silicious, or glass-glazed, and plumbeous, or lead-glazed, both of which are transparent.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 3306/1 Pottery is plumbeous if it is glazed with lead.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plumbeous
释义	plumbeousadj. Brit. /ˈplʌmbɪəs/, U.S. /ˈpləmbiəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plumbeus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin plumbeus made of lead, leaden, resembling lead, dull, heavy, in post-classical Latin also lead-coloured (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; < plumbum lead (see plumb n.¹) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare later plumbous adj. †1. Dull, ponderous; leaden. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy heavyc1000 unlightc1330 sada1375 chargeousa1382 lumpinga1400 ponderousa1400 weighingc1400 poisant1477 peisant1483 wieldlya1500 weighty1500 peiseda1522 burdenous1529 weightful1530 grave1570 leaden1578 plumbeousa1586 wieldy1592 peisy1599 well-weighing?1615 lead-like1816 hefty1867 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > dull tedious1412 weary1549 plumbeousa1586 ungayed1670 deserta1674 prosaic1692 pedestrian1716 languishing1741 unglittering1813 prosy1837 urned1849 monotone1862 bluebooky1872 stodgy1874 pedestrial1941 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Lady of May in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb5^v Attend and throw your eares to me..till I haue endoctrinated your plumbeous cerebrosities. 1631 R. Knevet Rhodon & Idris iv. ii. l.24 But I have a plot, old plumbeous dotard. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 58 The motion of Saturn..plumbeous and long. 1672 G. Sinclair Hydrostaticks 319 'Tis like this Antagonist, will set his Plumbeous Cerebrosity a work to rifle some of my Writings. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ix. 284 Whether he be such a Plumbeous Blew-nosed Planet as Antiquity marks him. 1860 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 253/1 Man..daily compels the innocent breath to discharge a plumbeous hail of rhetoric. 2. a. Made of or containing lead. Also: resembling lead in density or (occasionally) some other physical property; heavy. Now rare.In quot. 1611 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of or relating to lead > resembling leadish1398 plumbeous1611 plumbean1656 1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. C4^v The poore carkasse of my crased braine hauing lately disburdened it selfe of the plumbeous weight of my elaborate Crudities, doth now as it were groane vnder this heauie and close-bound loade. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Plumbeous, full of lead, heauie. 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 187 It may be probably concluded: First, That it is composed ex solido & liquido, of a plumbeous or leaden temper. 1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals ii. 208 But when Arsenick is predominant in the Ore; the plumbeous Part turns immediately into a very penetrating, and very fusible Glass. 1831 J. G. Whittier in New Eng. Q. (1933) 6 594 Whether it be that some of them [sc. newspapers] are of so unsubstantial a nature as actually to evaporate, and others of so plumbeous a composition as to sink down into the very earth, we shall not undertake to say. 1869 in Sci. Amer. (1869) 4 Sept. 153/1 Velocity alone is needed to convert half a gallon of shot and half a gallon of water into a plumbeous porridge. 2000 M. Beaumont e 134 The work was going down like a plumbeous inflatable for all the reasons I had outlined. Basically the client spotted the flaws. b. Lead-coloured; resembling lead in appearance. In later use chiefly Zoology. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > lead grey leadenc1386 wana1398 leadish1398 leady1398 plumby1486 plumbine1597 leaden-coloured1598 lead-coloured1611 plumbean1656 plumbeous1658 lead-grey1837 leaden-hued1877 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Plumbeous, leaden, of the colour of lead. 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 187 It may be probably concluded: First, That it is composed ex solido & liquido, of a plumbeous or leaden..colour. 1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia ii. 382 There thrust out all the Body over Spots, purple, plumbeous, blue. 1754 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. 63 A Cancer is a hard, round, unequal Tumour... Its Colour is livid, blackish, or plumbeous. 1842 Z. Thompson Hist. Vermont 27/1 The short-tailed shrew... Color of the head, body and tail dark plumbeous brown above, a little lighter beneath. 1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 115 Another and smaller species, the plumbeous or sooty redstart. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds of Amer. III. 108/2 The Plumbeous Vireo..of the southern Rocky Mountain Region. 1965 B. Behan Confessions Irish Rebel (1967) 191 The chairman's plumbeous face turned blue. 1991 A. M. Emmet Sci. Names Brit. Lepidoptera 117 The ocellus of the forewing..lacks the metallic plumbeous edging and the black dashes present in related species. 3. Ceramics. Lead-glazed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > glazed in specific way crazed1874 plumbeous1875 lustred1893 lead-glazed1899 tin-glazed1904 faienced1912 smear-glazed1963 1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica i. 4 Glazed and enamelled wares..plumbeous or lead glazed. 1879 J. J. Young Ceramic Art 63 Silicious, or glass-glazed, and plumbeous, or lead-glazed, both of which are transparent. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 3306/1 Pottery is plumbeous if it is glazed with lead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1586
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