lapideous

English

Etymology

From Latin lapideus, from lapis (“stone”).

Adjective

lapideous (comparative more lapideous, superlative most lapideous)

1. (obsolete) Of the nature of stone; stony.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:

     Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon […] a Chilifactory menstruum or digestive preparation drawn from species or individuals, whose stomacks peculiarly dissolve lapideous bodies.