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LAPIDIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lapidist mean?
• LAPIDIST (noun)
The noun LAPIDIST has 1 sense:
1. a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
Familiarity information: LAPIDIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lapidary; lapidist
Hypernyms ("lapidist" is a kind of...):
engraver (a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching)
Derivation:
lapidary (a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones)
lapidary (an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them)
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