fossilized

English

Alternative forms

• fossilised (UK)

Adjective

fossilized

1. In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
2. (informal, idiomatic) Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
3. (linguistics) Having become a fossil; no longer productive.

Verb

fossilized

1. simple past and past participle of fossilize

Synonyms

• (outmoded): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete or Thesaurus:unfashionable

Derived terms

• fossilized lightning
• nonfossilized
• prefossilized
• semifossilized
• subfossilized
• unfossilized

Translations

in a state of fossilisation

• Danish: fossil (da)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: fossilisoitunut (fi), kivettynyt (fi)
• French: fossilisé (fr)
• Galician: fósil (gl) m
• German: fossilisiert (de), versteinert (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Gujarati: અશ્મિભૂત (aśmibhūt)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: skostniały (pl)
• Portuguese: fossilizado (pt)
• Romanian: fosilizat
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: fossiliserad

See also

• fossil word