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单词 plumbine
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plumbineadj.

Forms: 1500s plumbin, 1600s plumbine.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plumbinus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin plumbinus lead-coloured (a1250 in a British source) < classical Latin plumbum lead (see plumb n.1) + -inus -ine suffix2. Compare Middle French, French †plombin (1555).
Obsolete. rare.
Of the colour of lead.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > lead grey
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1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. i. v. sig. C3 The Melancholicke, which is eyther by nature or accident of colour liuide and plumbin [1634 plumbine].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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