leadish
/ˈlɛdɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or containing lead (the metal).
Example Sentences
- "Those that are pale, signify feebleness of the spirits; those that are deep red, and inflamed, are worse; greenish, worse; violet or leadish, worse and worse; the black, worst of all."
- "The rich Ore is refined by melting in the Guayras, as having the most Lead, which causes it to run; and the Indians, to make it melt the better, put into the Furnace what they call Soroche, being a very Leadish Ore."
- "The upper part of the tail is about seven feet, and lower about three feet; the skin is of a leadish colour, and will sharpen a knife like a stone."
- "In living fish, there is a long, weakly defined stripe of leadish color, three-quarters of the eye diameter, which continues along the body at the level of the upper part of the eyes"
- "He spoke shortly after proposing a champagne toast to 'La Patagonie et L'Araucanie libre!' surrounded by his court in exile, amongst whom In Patagonia had gone down like a leadish balloon."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom Gaulish *loudonbor.? Proto-West Germanic *laud Old English lēad Middle English led Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch Middle English ledisch English leadish From Middle English ledisch, equivalent to lead + -ish.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ledisch