Lapidary

['læpɪd(ə)rɪ] or ['læpɪdɛri]

Definition

(noun.) a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones.

(noun.) an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them.

(adj.) of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; 'the ring is of no lapidary value'- Lord Byron; 'lapidary art' .

Inputed by Lewis--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.

(n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.

(a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.

Editor: Whitney

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Lapidist.

Inputed by Estella

Definition

adj. pertaining to stones and the cutting of stones: pertaining to inscriptions and monuments.—n. a cutter of stones esp. precious stones: a dealer in precious stones—also Lapidā′rian Lap′idarist Lap′idist.—v.t. Lap′idate (rare) to pelt with stones.—n. Lapidā′tion punishment by stoning.—adj. Lapid′eous stony.—n. Lapidesc′ence.—adj. Lapidesc′ent becoming stone: petrifying.—adj. Lapidif′ic.—n. Lapidificā′tion.—v.t. Lapid′ify to make into stone.—v.i. to turn into stone:—pr.p. lapid′ifying; pa.p. lapid′ified.—adj. Lapil′liform having the form of small stones.—ns. Lapil′lus a fragment of lava ejected from a volcano:—pl. Lapil′li; Lā′pis a kind of calico-printing with indigo the resists acting as methods for other dyes as madder or quercitron; Lā′pis-laz′uli a mineral of beautiful ultramarine colour used largely in ornamental and mosaic work and for sumptuous altars and shrines.—Lapis-lazuli blue a deep blue sometimes veined with gold used in decoration and in the manufacture of S鑦res and Oriental porcelain; Lapis-lazuli ware the name given by Josiah Wedgwood to a particular pebble ware veined with gold upon blue.

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