lapidescentadj.n.

/lapɪˈdɛsənt/

Etymology: < Latin lapidescent-em, present participle of lapidescĕre to become stony, < lapid-, lapis stone.

? Obsolete.

A. adj.

That is in process of becoming stone; having a tendency to solidify into stone. Said chiefly of ‘petrifying’ waters and the salts dissolved or suspended in them.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying

petrificant1603

stoning1623

lapidescent1644

petrifactive1646

petrifying1649

petrous1657

petrescent1661

petrific1667

lapidifying1669

1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 77 The drops meeting with some lapidescent matter, it converts them into a hard stone.

1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 42 Worm-casts, hardened by the air, and a certain lapidescent succus, or spirit, which it meets with.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ii. 70/1 Whence the Stone, and Gravel, and the lapidescent Concretions in the Gout are produced.

1768 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 406 All of them are very distinct..from all vegetables, on account of their lapidescent substance.

1811 K. Macleay Spar Cave 62 This lapidescent process is perpetually going forward.

B. n.

A ‘lapidescent’ substance.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Lapidescent,..any thing which has a Property of turning Bodies into a stony Nature, as many Spring-Waters will do to Pieces of Wood.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lapidescent, any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	lapidescent
释义	lapidescentadj.n. /lapɪˈdɛsənt/ Etymology: < Latin lapidescent-em, present participle of lapidescĕre to become stony, < lapid-, lapis stone. ? Obsolete. A. adj. That is in process of becoming stone; having a tendency to solidify into stone. Said chiefly of ‘petrifying’ waters and the salts dissolved or suspended in them. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying petrificant1603 stoning1623 lapidescent1644 petrifactive1646 petrifying1649 petrous1657 petrescent1661 petrific1667 lapidifying1669 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 77 The drops meeting with some lapidescent matter, it converts them into a hard stone. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 42 Worm-casts, hardened by the air, and a certain lapidescent succus, or spirit, which it meets with. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ii. 70/1 Whence the Stone, and Gravel, and the lapidescent Concretions in the Gout are produced. 1768 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 406 All of them are very distinct..from all vegetables, on account of their lapidescent substance. 1811 K. Macleay Spar Cave 62 This lapidescent process is perpetually going forward. B. n. A ‘lapidescent’ substance. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Lapidescent,..any thing which has a Property of turning Bodies into a stony Nature, as many Spring-Waters will do to Pieces of Wood. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lapidescent, any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1644
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