See Also: lapidescent(dictionary)

lapidescent (iou)



lapidescent adjective. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
[Latin lapidescent- pa. ppl stem of lapidescere become stony, formed as LAPIDEOUS: see -ESCENT.]
That is in the process of becoming stone; (of spring water etc.) tending to turn into stone, petrifying.
lapidescence noun M17-L18.