Leaden

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -É›dÉ™n

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").

Full definition of leaden

Adjective

leaden

(dated) Made of lead.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.

Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats"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."

Dull; darkened with overcast.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."

Anagrams

aneled
leaned