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leadiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English ledynesse, equivalent to leady + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being leady.
    • A certain friction causes a leadiness or grayness. and the whiteness is gone. Therefore the best lead makers are the best grinders. 1910, Modern Painter, volume 19, page 113: