lapidific

adjective

lap·​i·​dif·​ic

-¦difik

variants or less commonly lapidifical

-fə̇kəl

archaic

: lapidescent

Word History

Etymology

lapidific probably from (assumed) New Latin lapidificus, from Latin lapidi- (from lapid-, lapis) + -ficus -fic; lapidifical probably from (assumed) New Latin lapidificus + English -al

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