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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fos•sil /ˈfɑsəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Paleontologythe preserved remains, or an imprint, of an organism from a former age.
- a very outdated or old-fashioned person or thing.
adj. [before a noun] - of the nature of a fossil:fossil insects.
- formed from the remains of prehistoric life:Coal and oil are fossil fuels.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fos•sil (fos′əl),USA pronunciation n. - any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- a markedly outdated or old-fashioned person or thing.
- Linguisticsa linguistic form that is archaic except in certain restricted contexts, as nonce in for the nonce, or that follows a rule or pattern that is no longer productive, as the sentence So be it.
adj. - of the nature of a fossil:fossil insects.
- belonging to a past epoch or discarded system;
antiquated:a fossil approach to economics.
- French
- Latin fossilis dug up (Cf. fodere to dig); replacing earlier fossile
- 1555–65
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