lapideous

English

Etymology

From Latin lapideus, from lapis (“stone”).

Adjective

lapideous (comparative more lapideous, superlative most lapideous)

  1. (obsolete) Of the nature of stone; stony.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
      Wherein notwithstanding, we should rather rely upon […] a Chilifactory menstruum or digestive preparation drawn from species or individuals, whose stomacks peculiarly dissolve lapideous bodies.
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