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lapidarian

adj
/ˌlæpɪˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/UK/ˌlæpəˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/US

Etymology

From lapidary + -an.

  1. learned borrowing from lapidārius
  2. derived from lapidāria
  3. derived from *lep-✻ — “to peel”
  4. derived from lapidārius — “(adjective) of stones, stony; (noun) stonecutter”
  5. derived from lapidaire — “gemsmith, lapidary”
  6. inherited from lapidari
  7. suffixed as lapidarian — “lapidary + an”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of lapidary.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA