Fossilhood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fossilhood is a noun meaning (rare) The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
Meaning
(rare) The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
More Meanings
- (rare) The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
Example Sentences
Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.
It has come to be a mark of narrowness and fossilhood to be a devout believer in Christ and His Cross.
A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson.
In one of our stranger follies, we deny ourselves and our loved ones the opportunity of a true lasting memorial — fossilhood — with extravagant protections.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fossil, fossility, fossildom, technofossil, fodinichnion, facies.
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