[1790–1800; ossify + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: idealism, methodology, modular, silhouette, standby-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, frosted, limited, loaded, unsettled
Examples of 'ossified' in a sentence
ossified
The Order, grown rigid and ossified as old bone, in many ways has exacerbated the basic fault of human consciousness.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD
The need for liberalisation has been manifest, one diplomat described the system as 'ossified'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In practice the housing market has ossified.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Amazingly, for such a young art form, cinema seems already ossified.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was raw, unsettling, uplifting; not like ossified bread at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The system is ossified and ideologically dead.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Specifically, she adds nuance to our more or less ossified sense of casting.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Dishes, which can take months to create, ossified on the menu.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
London's market (in particular) would become still more ossified and inefficient.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with.
Globe and Mail (2003)
In short, the movement as he represents it is ossified.