Etymology

lapidescent

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Today it means: Capable of petrifying other bodies. Full definition →

Latin lapidēscēns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromlapidēscēns
  2. English todaylapidescent

Borrowed from Latin lapidēscēns, present participle of lapidēscō (“to petrify”).

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