Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person versed in the lapidary art; a connoisseur of fine stones or gems; a lapidist.
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- noun an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
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Examples
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In this and similar exercises in landscape "painting," the virtuoso workmanship of the lapidarist veers dangerously toward kitsch, revealing why pietre dure lost esteem after the mid-19th century.
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Once in a while, however, the mode produces a book as lapidarist and admirable as Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It, published in 1976.
Something Fishy in the Hamptons Hughes, Robert 1986
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He created a form of light music which the years have striven vainly to copy. and just as the lapidarist may strive in vain to imitate a gem, so in turn they fail who strive to imitate Sullivan.
Gilbert and Sullivan 1932
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