Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FOSSILIZED
pp. Converted into a fossil.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FOSSILIZED
FOSSILIZED Fos "sil *ized, a.
Defn: Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
fossilized
fos sil ized |ˈfäsəˌlīzd ˈfɑːsəlaɪzd | ▶adjective preserved to become a fossil: a fossilized bone | fossilized human remains. • archaic and incapable of change: a faltering economy and a fossilized political system.
Oxford Dictionary
fossilized
fossilized |ˈfɒs (ə )lʌɪzd, fɒsɪlʌɪzd |(also fossilised ) ▶adjective preserved to become a fossil: a fossilized bone | fossilized human remains. • archaic and incapable of change: a faltering economy and a fossilized political system.
American Oxford Thesaurus
fossilized
fossilized adjective 1 fossilized remains: petrified, ossified. 2 a fossilized idea: archaic, antiquated, antediluvian, old-fashioned, quaint, outdated, outmoded, behind the times, anachronistic, stuck in time; informal prehistoric.
Oxford Thesaurus
fossilized
fossilized adjective 1 the fossilized remains of extinct animals: petrified, ossified; rare lapidified. 2 a traditional pattern of etiquette was the fossilized norm in the royal court: archaic, antiquated, antediluvian, old-fashioned, quaint, outdated, outmoded, behind the times, anachronistic, stuck in time; informal prehistoric.
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