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ossified
os·si·fy O0140400 (ŏs′ə-fī′)v. os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing, os·si·fies v.intr.1. To change into bone; become bony.2. To become set in a rigidly conventional pattern: "The central ideas of liberalism have ossified" (Jeffrey Hart).v.tr.1. To convert (a membrane or cartilage, for example) into bone.2. To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
[Latin os, oss-, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots + -fy.]
os·sif′ic (ŏ-sĭf′ĭk) adj.ossified (ˈɒsɪˌfaɪd) adj1. (Anatomy) converted into bone2. having become set and inflexible3. slang Irish intoxicated; drunkThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | ossified - set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"fossilised, fossilizedinflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" |
ossified
ossifiedslang Extremely intoxicated from alcohol. People kept buying me shots for my birthday, so I was ossified by the time I left the bar.ossified (ˈɑsəfɑɪd) mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. (From stoned (out).) How can anybody be so ossified on four beers? ossified
Related to ossified: Intramembranous, membranous ossificationSynonyms for ossifiedadj set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefsSynonymsRelated Words |