Fossilhood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains). rare, uncountable

    "Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood."

  2. 2
    The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned). rare, uncountable

    "A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson..."

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"Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood."

Etymology

From fossil + -hood.

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