OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 25807

lapidary

/ˈlæpɪdəɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lapidario
Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.
lapidario
Senses relating to inscriptions.
His grand principle is, that lapidary inscriptions, of what sort soever, should be Historical rather than Lyrical.
They were the encouragers of a numismatic and lapidary erudition, elegant in itself, and throwing for ever its little sparks of light on the still ocean of the past, but not very f…
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📚 noun • entry_id 25806

lapidary

/ˈlæpɪdəɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lapidario
The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.
lapidario
A treatise on (precious) stones.
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