leed

Meanings

1. Language; tongue.
2. A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
3. The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.

1. A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
2. A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
3. Patter; rigmarole.

1. Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).

1. Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).

1. Acronym of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a system to categorise the level of environmentally sustainable construction in sustainable buildings.

1. Acronym of low-energy electron diffraction.

Etymology

From Middle English lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leed (“language”). More at lede.