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单词 petrificant
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petrificantadj.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymon: French petrifiant.
Etymology: Apparently < Middle French petrifiant (1580 in the passage translated in quot. 1603; see petrifying adj.), with insertion of -c- after either Italian petrificare (see petrify v.) or post-classical Latin petrificare (see petrify v.). Compare later petrificate v.
Obsolete. rare.
= petrifying adj. 1.
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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
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxxvii. 447 There was some grettie or petrificant [Fr. petrifiante] qualitie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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