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fossilhood en · NOUN

Etymology

From fossil + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The 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, 2000:
    • 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:
  2. (rare, uncountable) The 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 Scripture:
    • A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson... 2001, Bruce Michelson, Literary wit: