Definition of Plumbeous

1. Adjective. Consisting of, or resembling, lead. ¹

2. Adjective. (rare) Dull; heavy; stupid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plumbeous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbeous

plumbage
plumbages
plumbagin
plumbaginaceous
plumbagineous
plumbaginous
plumbago
plumbagoes
plumbagos
plumbane
plumbate
plumbates
plumbean
plumbed
plumbeous (current term)
plumber
plumber's crack
plumber's friend
plumber's helper
plumber's snake
plumber block
plumberies
plumberless
plumbers
plumbery
plumbian
plumbic
plumbiferous
plumbing

Literary usage of Plumbeous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"Above olivaceous brown; front, side of the head, and body beneath plumbeous ; throat whitish ; lower belly, thighs, and tail blackish ; bill straight, ..."

2. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Thomas Horsfield (1851)
"Colour, Isabella, slightly variegated, with plumbeous hairs. DE Variety, perhaps a distinct species. Fur, fulves- cent, undulated with black. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Upper parts as in the adult, but darker, the plumbeous being obscured by dusky ... Sides of body under the wings not pure black, but merely dusky plumbeous, ..."

4. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Back of neck plumbeous, darkening into dark plumbeous on shoulders and then ... Cheeks deep dark plumbeous, pale color of back of head and neck scarcely ..."

5. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"Above olivaceous brown; front, side of the head, and body beneath plumbeous ; throat whitish ; lower belly, thighs, and tail blackish ; bill straight, ..."

6. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company by East India Company Museum, Thomas Horsfield (1851)
"Colour, Isabella, slightly variegated, with plumbeous hairs. DE Variety, perhaps a distinct species. Fur, fulves- cent, undulated with black. ..."

7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Upper parts as in the adult, but darker, the plumbeous being obscured by dusky ... Sides of body under the wings not pure black, but merely dusky plumbeous, ..."

8. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Back of neck plumbeous, darkening into dark plumbeous on shoulders and then ... Cheeks deep dark plumbeous, pale color of back of head and neck scarcely ..."

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