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fossilised

fossilised is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fossilized.

Meaning of fossilized

Adjective

fossilized

  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.

Questions about fossilised

What is fossilised the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Fossilised is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fossilized.

Words near fossilised in the dictionary

  1. fossilifying
  2. fossilisable
  3. fossilisation
  4. fossilisations
  5. fossilise
  6. fossilised
  7. fossilises
  8. fossilising
  9. fossilism
  10. fossilist
  11. fossilists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fossilised (page history and authors); fossilized (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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