unpetrifiedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛtrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛtrəˌfaɪd/ Not converted into stone. Also figurative.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrified > not petrified
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [adjective] > tender (of the heart)
fleshlyc1384
fleshy1526
unpetrified1735
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 91 All Corall is not hard, and in many concreted plants some parts remaine unpetrified . View more context for this quotation
1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 208 Their generous hearts, Unpetrify'd by Self.
1744 W. Whitehead Atys & Adrastus 409 Why was I singl'd to perform the Part, Unsteel'd my Soul, unpetrified my Heart?
1867 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1864–6 9 202 In the museum at Pesth is deposited a large collection of skeletons..in a sub-fossil or unpetrified state.
1939 Science 11 Aug. 128/1 Much interest was shown in the partially consolidated, unpetrified plant material exposed along the beach.
2002 Science 26 Apr. 648/2 Leo Hickey..has extracted unpetrified bone and wood from the frozen layers of sediments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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