leaden
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Etymology
From Middle English leden, leaden, from Old English lēaden (“leaden, of lead”). Cognate with West Frisian leaden (“leaden”), Dutch loden (“leaden”). By surface analysis, lead + -en.
Pronunciation
Adjective
leaden (comparative more leaden, superlative most leaden)
- (literary or dated) Made of lead.
- Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
- 1819, John Keats, “Ode to a Nightingale”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 109:
- Where but to think is to be full of sorrow / And leaden-eyed despairs, / Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, / Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.
- 1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo
- [...] if man be
The passive thing you say, I should not see
Much harm in the religions and old saws
(Tho' I may never own such leaden laws)
Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.
- [...] if man be
- Dull; darkened with overcast.
- Synonyms: faint, wan; see also Thesaurus:dim
- the sky was leaden and thick
- 1999: Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
- "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."
Derived terms
Translations
made of lead
|
pertaining to or resembling lead
Verb
leaden (third-person singular simple present leadens, present participle leadening, simple past and past participle leadened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dull or overcast.
Anagrams
Etymology 1
Verb
leaden
- Alternative form of leden (“to lead”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
leaden
- Alternative form of leden (“leaden”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
lēaden
- Alternative form of līeden
Declension
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēaden | lēadenu, lēadnu, lēadeno, lēadno | lēaden |
| Accusative | lēadenne | lēadene, lēadne | lēaden |
| Genitive | lēadenes, lēadnes | lēadenre | lēadenes, lēadnes |
| Dative | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenre | lēadenum, lēadnum |
| Instrumental | lēadene, lēadne | lēadenre | lēadene, lēadne |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lēadene, lēadne | lēadena, lēadna, lēadene, lēadne | lēadenu, lēadnu, lēadeno, lēadno |
| Accusative | lēadene, lēadne | lēadena, lēadna, lēadene, lēadne | lēadenu, lēadnu, lēadeno, lēadno |
| Genitive | lēadenra | lēadenra | lēadenra |
| Dative | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum |
| Instrumental | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum |
Declension of lēaden — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēadena, lēadna | lēadene, lēadne | lēadene, lēadne |
| Accusative | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadene, lēadne |
| Genitive | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan |
| Dative | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan |
| Instrumental | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan |
| Accusative | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan | lēadenan, lēadnan |
| Genitive | lēadenra, lēadenena, lēadnena | lēadenra, lēadenena, lēadnena | lēadenra, lēadenena, lēadnena |
| Dative | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum |
| Instrumental | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum | lēadenum, lēadnum |
Declension of lēaden — Weak
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