plumbeous

[ pluhm-bee-uhs ]

/ ˈplʌm bi əs /

adjective

resembling or containing lead; leaden.

Origin of plumbeous

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

Words nearby plumbeous

plumb, plumbaginaceous, plumbaginous, plumbago, plumb bob, plumbeous, plumber, plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic

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Example sentences from the Web for plumbeous

As a kitten of the Muses and meer frog of Helicon he croaked cataracts of plumbeous cerebrosity.
Oxford and its Story|Cecil Headlam
Wings and tail slate-black edged chiefly with bluish plumbeous gray, the coverts and tertiaries with olive-green.
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two|Arthur Bent
Immature: Like adults, except that the plumbeous band of breast is heavily mixed with rusty (suggesting chestnut of female).
The Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2)|William Leon Dawson
The third common bird of Himalayan streams is the plumbeous redstart or water-robin (Rhyacornis fuliginosus).
Birds of the Indian Hills|Douglas Dewar

British Dictionary definitions for plumbeous

plumbeous

/ (ˈplʌmbɪəs) /

adjective

made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour

Word Origin for plumbeous

C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead

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单词	plumbeous
释义	plumbeous [ pluhm-bee-uhs ] / ˈplʌm bi əs / adjective resembling or containing lead; leaden. Origin of plumbeous 1570–80; <Latin plumbeus, equivalent to plumb(um) lead + -eus-eous Words nearby plumbeous plumb, plumbaginaceous, plumbaginous, plumbago, plumb bob, plumbeous, plumber, plumber's helper, plumber's snake, plumbery, plumbic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plumbeous As a kitten of the Muses and meer frog of Helicon he croaked cataracts of plumbeous cerebrosity. Oxford and its Story\|Cecil Headlam Wings and tail slate-black edged chiefly with bluish plumbeous gray, the coverts and tertiaries with olive-green. Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two\|Arthur Bent Immature: Like adults, except that the plumbeous band of breast is heavily mixed with rusty (suggesting chestnut of female). The Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2)\|William Leon Dawson The third common bird of Himalayan streams is the plumbeous redstart or water-robin (Rhyacornis fuliginosus). Birds of the Indian Hills\|Douglas Dewar British Dictionary definitions for plumbeous plumbeous / (ˈplʌmbɪəs) / adjective made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour Word Origin for plumbeous C16: from Latin plumbeus leaden, from plumbum lead Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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