fossil
fossil definition
fos·sil (fäs′əl)
noun
- Obsolete any rock or mineral dug out of the earth
- any hardened remains or imprints of plant or animal life of some previous geologic period, preserved in the earth's crust, including petrified wood and various resins
- anything fossilized or like a fossil
- a person who is old-fashioned or has outmoded, fixed ideas
Etymology: Fr fossile < L fossilis, dug out, dug up < fossus, pp. of fodere, to dig up < IE *bhedh-, to dig in the earth > Welsh bedd, grave, OE bedd, bed
adjective
- of, having the nature of, or forming a fossil or fossils
- belonging to the past; unchanged by progress; antiquated
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