Meaning of fossilhood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
   rare, uncountable
2. The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
   rare, uncountable

Examples

“Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.”

“In one of our stranger follies, we deny ourselves and our loved ones the opportunity of a true lasting memorial — fossilhood — with extravagant protections...”

“A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson...”

“It has come to be a mark of narrowness and fossilhood to be a devout believer in Christ and His Cross.”

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