leaden

Meanings

Adjective

  • Made of lead.
  • Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
  • Dull; darkened with overcast.

Verb

  • To make or become dull or overcast.

Origin

  • From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lÄ“aden ("leaden, of lead"), equivalent to lead + -en. Cognate with West Frisian leaden ("leaden"), Dutch loden ("leaden").

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