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lapideous

lapideous adjective: of the nature of stone; stony.

Adjective

lapideous (comparative more lapideous, superlative most lapideous)

  1. (obsolete) Of the nature of stone; stony.
    • Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon […] a Chilifactory menstruum or digestive preparation drawn from species or individuals, whose stomacks peculiarly dissolve lapideous bodies.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5

Forms of lapideous

comparativemore lapideous
superlativemost lapideous

Origin of lapideous

From Latin lapideus, from lapis (“stone”).

Questions about lapideous

What does lapideous mean?
Lapideous means of the nature of stone; stony.
What part of speech is lapideous?
Lapideous is an adjective.

Words near lapideous in the dictionary

  1. lapidating
  2. lapidation
  3. lapidations
  4. lapidator
  5. lapidators
  6. lapideous
  7. lapides lazuli
  8. lapidescence
  9. lapidescences
  10. lapidescent
  11. Lapidian

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