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Definition of Fossilised
1. Adjective. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs. "An ossified bureaucratic system"
Definition of Fossilised
1. Adjective. Alternate spelling of fossilized. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fossilised
1. fossilise [v] - See also: fossilise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossilised
Literary usage of Fossilised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"He calls our worthy Secretary of State (Mr. Fish) a "fossilised lunkhead" The
term lunkhead ... fossilised ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"V. Of the. longevity of the antediluvian patriarchs. — VI. Of the deluge. — 1.
Proofs of that event from the. fossilised remains of the animals of a former ..."
3. Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1889)
"... PLANTS AND AMMU - SUELL-MAHL fossilised SEED-VESSELS AND STEMS OF CHARA— RECENT
DEPOSITS IN AMERICAN LAKES FRESHWATER ..."
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