petrificadj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈtrɪfɪk/, U.S.

/pəˈtrɪfɪk/

Forms: 1600s petrifick, 1600s– petrific.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petrificus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin petrificus causing petrifaction (c1270 in a British source) < classical Latin petra rock, stone (see petro- comb. form¹) + -ficus -fic suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier petrificant adj., petrifying adj., petrescent adj., and also Italian petrifico , pietrifico (1563; now rare). The sense development by which sense 2 arose is unclear; compare earlier petrified adj.

Now rare.

1. Having the quality of petrifying or turning into stone; causing petrifaction; (Medicine) †causing the formation of a calculus (obsolete). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying

petrificant1603

stoning1623

lapidescent1644

petrifactive1646

petrifying1649

petrous1657

petrescent1661

petrific1667

lapidifying1669

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 294 The aggregated Soyle Death with his Mace petrific..As with a Trident smote.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia 365 The agent in the change wrought by Petrification, is..a petrific Seed, consisting only in a saxeous odour, or invisible ferment.

1695 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Namure xi. 10 Wing'd Perseus, with Petrifick shield Of Gorgon's head.

1710 J. Groeneveld Compl. Treat. Stone & Gravel 25 Van Helmont..adds a Petrific Ferment, which he places in the Kidneys and Urinary Vessels.

1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 56 [Winter's] Breath A nitrous Damp, that strikes petrific Death.

1742 J. Parsons Descr. Human Urin. Bladder 186 A Stone perfectly globular is seldom found in theh Kidneys or Bladder; they being of different Forms, according to the fortuitous Combination of the petrific Particles.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. ii. 234 A look meant to be nothing less than petrific.

1811 Monthly Mag. 31 448 The progress of petrific conversion may be traced to a considerable depth in contiguous..strata.

1867 J. Roche in True Method promoting Perfect Love (ed. 3) 68 ‘The people who sit under the pulpit are often as dead as the seats they occupy.’ It is as if there were something petrific in the place.

1898 J. R. Lowell Poems 475 Tempests (with petrific shock, so to speak) made it really rock, though not a whit less wooden.

1994 Rev. Eng. Stud. 45 118 Language itself tells us that astonishment is petrific (aston(e)ishment).

2. Petrified, stony. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective]

lapidial1599

lapideous1646

saxatile1651

petrous1657

petrose1661

saxeous1671

stony1723

petrific1759

lapidose1807

lithoidal1833

lithoid1841

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 270 Two brazen Lares,..almost encrusted with a petrific Matter.

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 214 Marble and other petrific substances.

1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 104 Finding, calm above My passion, the old statuesque regard, The sad petrific smile!

1896 Overland Monthly Jan. 15/1 We had no explanation ready for this novel breach of habit on the part of the oak, unless its roots reached down into a vast petrific lumber-yard.

1937 C. A. Smith Out of Space & Time (1974) ii. 51 Xantlicha stood in petrific fear.

1987 R. Wilbur New & Coll. Poems (1988) 19 The first born child within me, That cold, petrific dry Daughter whom death once gave.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petrific
释义	petrificadj. Brit. /pᵻˈtrɪfɪk/, U.S. /pəˈtrɪfɪk/ Forms: 1600s petrifick, 1600s– petrific. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin petrificus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin petrificus causing petrifaction (c1270 in a British source) < classical Latin petra rock, stone (see petro- comb. form¹) + -ficus -fic suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier petrificant adj., petrifying adj., petrescent adj., and also Italian petrifico , pietrifico (1563; now rare). The sense development by which sense 2 arose is unclear; compare earlier petrified adj. Now rare. 1. Having the quality of petrifying or turning into stone; causing petrifaction; (Medicine) †causing the formation of a calculus (obsolete). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying petrificant1603 stoning1623 lapidescent1644 petrifactive1646 petrifying1649 petrous1657 petrescent1661 petrific1667 lapidifying1669 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 294 The aggregated Soyle Death with his Mace petrific..As with a Trident smote. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Webster Metallographia 365 The agent in the change wrought by Petrification, is..a petrific Seed, consisting only in a saxeous odour, or invisible ferment. 1695 W. Congreve Pindarique Ode on Namure xi. 10 Wing'd Perseus, with Petrifick shield Of Gorgon's head. 1710 J. Groeneveld Compl. Treat. Stone & Gravel 25 Van Helmont..adds a Petrific Ferment, which he places in the Kidneys and Urinary Vessels. 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 56 [Winter's] Breath A nitrous Damp, that strikes petrific Death. 1742 J. Parsons Descr. Human Urin. Bladder 186 A Stone perfectly globular is seldom found in theh Kidneys or Bladder; they being of different Forms, according to the fortuitous Combination of the petrific Particles. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. ii. 234 A look meant to be nothing less than petrific. 1811 Monthly Mag. 31 448 The progress of petrific conversion may be traced to a considerable depth in contiguous..strata. 1867 J. Roche in True Method promoting Perfect Love (ed. 3) 68 ‘The people who sit under the pulpit are often as dead as the seats they occupy.’ It is as if there were something petrific in the place. 1898 J. R. Lowell Poems 475 Tempests (with petrific shock, so to speak) made it really rock, though not a whit less wooden. 1994 Rev. Eng. Stud. 45 118 Language itself tells us that astonishment is petrific (aston(e)ishment). 2. Petrified, stony. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] lapidial1599 lapideous1646 saxatile1651 petrous1657 petrose1661 saxeous1671 stony1723 petrific1759 lapidose1807 lithoidal1833 lithoid1841 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 270 Two brazen Lares,..almost encrusted with a petrific Matter. 1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 214 Marble and other petrific substances. 1876 R. Browning Pacchiarotto & Other Poems 104 Finding, calm above My passion, the old statuesque regard, The sad petrific smile! 1896 Overland Monthly Jan. 15/1 We had no explanation ready for this novel breach of habit on the part of the oak, unless its roots reached down into a vast petrific lumber-yard. 1937 C. A. Smith Out of Space & Time (1974) ii. 51 Xantlicha stood in petrific fear. 1987 R. Wilbur New & Coll. Poems (1988) 19 The first born child within me, That cold, petrific dry Daughter whom death once gave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1667
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