Definitions
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- noun rare The state of being a
fossil (mineralized remains). - noun rare The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
Etymologies
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fossil + -hood
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Examples
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We were afterwards told that the trilobites had shaken off their fossilhood, and that the Angus Falls extension, with the engine-house and machine-shops, had been "landed."
Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Herbert Quick 1893
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It has come to be a mark of narrowness and fossilhood to be a devout believer in Christ and His Cross.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868
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