Sarcophagused
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of sarcophagus form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Enclosed in a sarcophagus. not-comparable
"All waiting: the new-coffined dead, / The handful of mere dust that lies / Sarcophagused in stone and lead / Under the weight of centuries: / Knight, cardinal, bishop, abbess mild, / With last week's buried year-old child."
Example
More examples"All waiting: the new-coffined dead, / The handful of mere dust that lies / Sarcophagused in stone and lead / Under the weight of centuries: / Knight, cardinal, bishop, abbess mild, / With last week's buried year-old child."
Etymology
From sarcophagus + -ed.
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