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leaden

adj.
US //ˈɫɛdən// UK //lˈɛdən// lead·en Archaic Literary
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Origin

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.

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