fossilized

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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.

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fossilized

  1. simple past and past participle of fossilize

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