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plumbic

/ˈplʌmbɪk/ adjective

Latin root: plumbum Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about plumbic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Relating to or consisting of lead.

Origin

From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ic, originally in calques of French plombique, from plomb (“lead”) + -ique (“-ic”). See also molybdic.

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