单词 | lapideous |
释义 | lapideousadj. Now rare. 1. Of the nature of stone, stony. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] lapidial1599 lapideous1646 saxatile1651 petrous1657 petrose1661 saxeous1671 stony1723 petrific1759 lapidose1807 lithoidal1833 lithoid1841 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 91 The..lapidificall juyce of the sea..entring the parts of that plant..converts it into a lapideous substance. View more context for this quotation 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 112 This Lapidious Concretion took up the whole Cavity of the Bladder. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall xv. §7. 164 From malleable and metallic they become lapideous. 1865 A. S. Herschel in Intellectual Observer No. 39. 220 The lapideous morsels. ΘΚΠ 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 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 7 Camden, by throwing his antiquarian eye on the lapideous records, which had been dug from its foundations, ascertained that..fact. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1646 |
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