lapidarianadj.
/lapɪˈdɛːrɪən/ rare.
a. Versed in the knowledge of stones.
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1683 J. Pettus Ess. Metallick Words at Alchimist, in Fleta Minor ii Our Author..was not a Sophisticating Alchimist, nor a Lapidarian Philosopher.
b. Executed in, or inscribed on, stone.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [adjective]
written?1440
engraven1583
lapidary1724
intagliated1782
engraileda1806
incised1807
lapideous1807
graven1821
descript1863
lapidarian1864
pointillé1884
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A lapidarian record.
1882 Rau (title) Observations on Cup-shaped and other Lapidarian Sculpture.
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