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lapidist

lapidist noun: a lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).

Noun

lapidist (plural lapidists)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
    • the factitious Stones of Chymists in invitation being easily detected by any ordinary Lapidist1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

Forms of lapidist

plurallapidists

Origin of lapidist

From Latin lapis, lapidis (“a stone”) + -ist.

Questions about lapidist

What does lapidist mean?
Lapidist means a lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
What part of speech is lapidist?
Lapidist is a noun.
What is the plural of lapidist?
The plural of lapidist is lapidists.

Words near lapidist in the dictionary

  1. lapidifications
  2. lapidified
  3. lapidifies
  4. lapidify
  5. lapidifying
  6. lapidist
  7. lapidists
  8. lapidity
  9. Lapidot
  10. Lapids
  11. lapieite

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