leady
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English leddy, ledy, ledi, equivalent to lead + -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]leady (comparative more leady, superlative most leady)
- Resembling lead (the metal); leaden.
- 1534, Thomas Elyot, The Castle of Health:
- Leadie colour
- 1863, Epidemiological Society of London, Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London:
- The mucous coat presented on a ground more or less of a leady hue , mulberry-coloured or crimson spots
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “leady”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.