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lapicide

/ˈlæpɪsaɪd/

lapicide noun: a stonecutter.

Noun

lapicide (plural lapicides)

  1. A stonecutter.
    • Letters omitted by the lapicide or evident mistakes of the lapicide corrected by the editor.2003, Adam Łajtar et al., Catalogue of the Greek inscriptions in the Sudan National Museum at Khartoum
    • […] made by Wosnick several decades ago, that the name M. Silanus Murena is the result of a lapicide's error and that this part of the inscription was […]1996, John Percival Postgate, Edward Vernon Arnold, Frederick William Hall, Classical quarterly

lapicide meaning in Kannada

lapicide in Kannada

ಕಲ್ಲುಕುಟಿಗ, ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸನ ಶಿಲ್ಪಿ

Forms of lapicide

plurallapicides

Origin of lapicide

From Latin lapicida. Compare -cide.

Questions about lapicide

What does lapicide mean?
Lapicide means a stonecutter.
What is lapicide in Kannada?
Lapicide in Kannada is ಕಲ್ಲುಕುಟಿಗ, ಶಿಲಾಶಾಸನ ಶಿಲ್ಪಿ. See Lapicide meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is lapicide?
Lapicide is a noun.
How do you pronounce lapicide?
Lapicide is pronounced /ˈlæpɪsaɪd/.
What is the plural of lapicide?
The plural of lapicide is lapicides.

Words near lapicide in the dictionary

  1. laphet
  2. Laphroaig
  3. Laphroaigs
  4. Lapica
  5. Lapicas
  6. lapicide
  7. lapicides
  8. Lapid
  9. lapidable
  10. lapidarian
  11. lapidarians

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