plumbeous

plum·be·ous

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pluhm-bee-uh s]
- /ˈplʌm bi əs/
- /ˈplʌm.bɪəs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pluhm-bee-uh s]
- /ˈplʌm bi əs/

Definitions of plumbeous word

adjective plumbeous resembling or containing lead; leaden. 1
adjective plumbeous made of or relating to lead or resembling lead in colour 0
adjective plumbeous of, like, or containing lead; leaden 0

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Origin of plumbeous

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

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

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Parts of speech for Plumbeous

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Plumbeous

plumbeous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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