ossified

Meaning

Adj

1. Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass).
2. (figuratively) Inflexible, old-fashioned.
3. (Ireland, US, slang) Drunk.

Verb

simple past and past participle of ossify

ossify

1. (ambitransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
2. (ambitransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions.
3. (ambitransitive, inanimate) To grow (or cause to grow) formulaic and permanent.
4. (rare) To calcify.

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Synonyms

fossilized

fossilised

old-time

osseous

démodé

rococo

stodgy

unfashionable

out of date

fusty

Translations

verknöchert

antiquat

verknöcherte

altmodisch

veraltet

fossile

altbacken

verknöcherten

τέως

παλιομοδίτικος

παλιομοδίτης

démodé

معظم

d’autrefois

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