fossilize
/ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Most of the booths had been scooped clean by the scalpel-sharp corner of the glacier in the crash. Three remained. Two of them were punctured and, inside, the once-human occupants had been fossilized into the walls by centuries upon centuries of patient ice."
- "I was getting fossilised myself, but of late my stock of ideas has been very much enlarged."
- "Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head / Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth."
- "I'll meet you again Blanketed in soil Fossilized in photographs"
Etymology
Etymology tree English fossil Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fossilize From fossil + -ize.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/