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Fossilized   /fˈɑsəlˌaɪzd/   Listen
Fossilized

adjective
1.
Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.  Synonyms: fossilised, ossified.  "An ossified bureaucratic system"






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"Fossilized" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dane drew a deep breath. He had heard the Koros stones described, had seen the tri-dee print of one found among Cam's recordings but the reality was beyond his expectations. He knew the technical analysis of the gems—that they were, as the amber of Terra, the fossilized resin exuded by ancient plants (maybe the ancestors of the grass trees) long buried in the saline deposits of the shallow seas where chemical changes had taken place to produce the wonder jewels. In ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton

... river bank now showed fossilized sea shells in their strata; chains of hills, too, became visible, and one of the natives, [This old native, after the settlement of the country, was shot in cold blood by one of the South Australian police.] an old man who had ...
— The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 • Ernest Favenc



Words linked to "Fossilized" :   inflexible, fossilised, ossified



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