lapidescence

English

Etymology

From Latin lapidēscēns +‎ -ence, on the model of lapidescent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlæpɪˈdɛsən(t)s/, /ˌlæpəˈdɛsən(t)s/[1]

Noun

lapidescence (countable and uncountable, plural lapidescences)

  1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.[2]
  2. The process of hardening into a stone substance.
    • 1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter:
      The process of lapidescence had begun: the world was turning him into a monument to himself.
  3. A stony concretion.

References

  1. ^ Walker, John (1791), “Lapidescence”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: G. G. J. and J. Robinſon […] and T. Cadell, →OCLC, page 318.
  2. ^ “lapidescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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