lapidary
Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of cutting or otherwise…Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of cutting or otherwise working them.
Значення
значень: 7(без ступенів порівняння)Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of cutting or otherwise working them.
of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them
(без ступенів порівняння)Of or pertaining to monumental stones, and particularly to the art of inscribing them.
(без ступенів порівняння)Engraved on stone.
Senses relating to speech or writing.
(без ступенів порівняння)Pertaining to a way of speaking which is circumlocutional, is excessively precise, and is multifaceted in the construction of propositions.
(без ступенів порівняння)Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.
lapidar
(без ступенів порівняння, рідкісне)Succinct, laconic.
(архаїчне, без ступенів порівняння, рідковживане)Of or pertaining to stones in general.
Переклади
мов: 4За значеннями 1
Походження
The noun is derived from Middle English lapidari, lapidarie (“person who cuts, polishes, oThe noun is derived from Middle English lapidari, lapidarie (“person who cuts, polishes, or engraves precious stones; expert in precious stones; treatise on precious stones”) [and other forms], from Old French lapidaire (“gemsmith, lapidary”) (modern French lapidaire), or from its etymon Latin lapidārius (“(adjective) of stones, stony; (noun) stonecutter”), from lapidis (the genitive singular of lapis (“stone; (poetic) jewel, precious stone”), possibly from Pre-Greek or Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”)) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives).
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