† petrificantadj.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: French petrifiant.

Etymology: Apparently < Middle French petrifiant (1580 in the passage translated in quot. 1603; see petrifying adj.), with insertion of -c- after either Italian petrificare (see petrify v.) or post-classical Latin petrificare (see petrify v.). Compare later petrificate v.

Obsolete. rare.

= petrifying adj. 1.

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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

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxxvii. 447 There was some grettie or petrificant [Fr. petrifiante] qualitie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	petrificant
释义	† petrificantadj. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: French petrifiant. Etymology: Apparently < Middle French petrifiant (1580 in the passage translated in quot. 1603; see petrifying adj.), with insertion of -c- after either Italian petrificare (see petrify v.) or post-classical Latin petrificare (see petrify v.). Compare later petrificate v. Obsolete. rare. = petrifying adj. 1. 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 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxxvii. 447 There was some grettie or petrificant [Fr. petrifiante] qualitie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1603
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