adj.1 of or like lead.
2 heavy, slow, burdensome (leaden limbs).
3 inert, depressing (leaden rule).
4 lead-coloured (leaden skies).
Phrases and idioms:
leaden seal a stamped piece of lead holding the ends of a wire used as a fastening.
Derivatives:
leadenly adv. leadenness n.
Etymology: OE leaden (as LEAD(2))