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FOSSILISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fossilised mean?
• FOSSILISED (adjective)
The adjective FOSSILISED has 1 sense:
1. set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Familiarity information: FOSSILISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Synonyms:
fossilised; fossilized; ossified
Context example:
an ossified bureaucratic system
Similar:
inflexible (incapable of change)
Context examples
The study found that goethite in St Oswald's Bay hosted many microbes as well as traces of their fossilised organic remains.
(Red Planet May Have Harbored Life in Past, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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