lapidaristn.
/ˈlapɪdərɪst/ = lapidary n. 1a, 2b; also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] > connoisseur of precious stones
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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 436 The skilful Lapidarists of Germany affirme that this beast hath a stone in his eies.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. vi. 70 A most precious Diamond, of whose Goodness and Quality all the Lapidarists that had view'd the same, would rest satisfied.
1886 Sci. Amer. 7 Aug. 84/2 The stone called sapphire by Pliny is now known to lapidarists as lapis lazuli.
1926 C. L. Warr Principal Caird iv. 135 He was a slow-working lapidarist, polishing every literary pebble.
1967 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 13 May 31 Limited editions presses are the lapidarists of the publishing world.
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