adj
Meaning 1
In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
fossilized
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adj
Meaning 2
Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
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adj
Meaning 3
Having become a fossil; no longer productive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of fossilize
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- obsolete fossilized ways
- an ossified bureaucratic system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fossilised, ossified
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: fossil — in a state of fossilisation
- Finnish: fossilisoitunut — in a state of fossilisation
- Finnish: kivettynyt — in a state of fossilisation
- French: fossilisé — in a state of fossilisation
- Galician: fósil — in a state of fossilisation
- German: fossilisiert — in a state of fossilisation
- German: versteinert — in a state of fossilisation
- Greek: απολιθωμένος (apolithoménos) — in a state of fossilisation
- Gujarati: અશ્મિભૂત (aśmibhūt) — in a state of fossilisation
- Polish: skostniały — in a state of fossilisation
- Portuguese: fossilizado — in a state of fossilisation
- Romanian: fosilizat — in a state of fossilisation
- Swedish: fossiliserad — in a state of fossilisation
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