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fossility

fossility noun: the quality of being a genuine fossil.

Noun

fossility (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) The quality of being a genuine fossil.
  2. (humorous, nonstandard) Having qualities usually attributed to fossils, such as age combined with an absence of contemporary traits.

Origin of fossility

From fossil + -ity.

Questions about fossility

What does fossility mean?
Fossility means the quality of being a genuine fossil.
What part of speech is fossility?
Fossility is a noun.

Words near fossility in the dictionary

  1. fossilises
  2. fossilising
  3. fossilism
  4. fossilist
  5. fossilists
  6. fossility
  7. fossilizable
  8. fossilization
  9. fossilizations
  10. fossilize
  11. fossilized

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