Meanings
- rareuncountableThe state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.
2002, J Neil C Garcia, The Likhaan book of poetry and fiction, 20001 more example
In one of our stranger follies, we deny ourselves and our loved ones the opportunity of a true lasting memorial — fossilhood — with extravagant protections...
2008, Alan Weisman, The World Without Us - rareuncountableThe state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
It has come to be a mark of narrowness and fossilhood to be a devout believer in Christ and His Cross.
2006, Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture1 more example
A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson...
2001, Bruce Michelson, Literary wit
Origin
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