fossilized
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- fossilised (UK)
Verb edit
fossilized
- simple past and past participle of fossilize
Adjective edit
fossilized
- In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock
- outmoded
- (linguistics) having become a fossil: no longer productive
- A fossil word in a language is a word which has fallen out of use except for in set phrases: e.g. the English word fro, used only in to and fro. A fossilized bound morpheme (e.g. a fossilized affix) is one which was once able to derive words, but which now only exists as a fixed component of words: e.g. the English abstract noun–forming suffix -th.
Synonyms edit
- (outmoded): antiquated, disused, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete or Thesaurus:unfashionable
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
in a state of fossilisation
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