fossilized

Meaning

Adj

1. In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
2. (idiomatic, informal) Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
3. Having become a fossil; no longer productive.

Verb

simple past and past participle of fossilize

fossilize

1. (transitive) to make into a fossil
2. (intransitive) to become a fossil
3. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To become inflexible or outmoded.
4. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.

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Synonyms

fossilised

ossified

petrified

inveterate

planted

rock-ribbed

Translations

fossile

متحجر

مستحجر

verknöchert

versteinert

versteinerte

fossilisé

fossiel

محجّر