fossilhood

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fossilhood (uncountable)

(rare) The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
- 2002, J Neil C Garcia, The Likhaan book of poetry and fiction, 2000:
  Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.
- 2008, Alan Weisman, The World Without Us:
  In one of our stranger follies, we deny ourselves and our loved ones the opportunity of a true lasting memorial — fossilhood — with extravagant protections...
(rare) The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
- 2001, Bruce Michelson, Literary wit:
  A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson...
- 2006, Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture:
  It has come to be a mark of narrowness and fossilhood to be a devout believer in Christ and His Cross.