lapidescent

English

Etymology

Latin lapidescens

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

lapidescent (not comparable)

  1. Capable of petrifying other bodies.
  2. Capable of being converted into stone.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lapidescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Noun

lapidescent (plural lapidescents)

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