ossified
[ os-uh-fahyd ]
/ ˈɒs əˌfaɪd /
adjective
hardened like or into bone.
Slang. drunk.
RELATED WORDS
Nearby words
- ossietzky,
- ossietzky, carl von,
- ossiferous,
- ossific,
- ossification,
- ossifrage,
- ossify,
- ossining,
- osso bucco,
- ossobuco
Origin of ossified
ossify
[ os-uh-fahy ]
/ ˈɒs əˌfaɪ /
verb (used with object), os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing.
to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
verb (used without object), os·si·fied, os·si·fy·ing.
to become bone or harden like bone.
to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.: a young man who began to ossify right after college.
Origin of ossify
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ossified
/ (ˈɒsɪˌfaɪd) /
adjective
converted into bone
having become set and inflexible
Irish slang intoxicated; drunk
ossify
/ (ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ) /
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
to convert or be converted into bone
(intr) (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible
Word Origin for ossify
C18: from French ossifier, from Latin os bone + facere to make
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ossify
1713, "to turn into bone," a back-formation from ossification, or else modeled on French ossifier (18c.) and formed from Latin os (genitive ossis) "bone" (see osseous) + -fy. Figurative sense is from 1858. Related: Ossified; ossifying.
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ossify
[ ŏs′ə-fī′ ]
v.
To change into bone.
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