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Webster 1913 Edition
Lapidescence
Lapˊi-des′cence
,Noun.
1.
The state or quality of being lapidescent.
2.
A hardening into a stone substance.
3.
A stony concretion.
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lapidescence
LAPIDES'CENCE
,Noun.
1.
The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance.2.
A stony concretion.Definition 2024
lapidescence
lapidescence
English
Noun
lapidescence (countable and uncountable, plural lapidescences)
- The state or quality of being lapidescent.
- The process of hardening into a stone substance.
- 1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter
- The process of lapidescence had begun: the world was turning him into a monument to himself.
- 1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter
- A stony concretion.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Browne to this entry?)