Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lapidist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-pidist
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"the factitious Stones of Chymists in invitation being easily detected by any ordinary Lapidist"

Etymology

From Latin lapis, lapidis (“a stone”) + -ist.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lapis
Suffix: -ist

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

lapidists (plural)

Synonyms

lapidary

Questions

What does lapidist mean?: A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
Where does lapidist come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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