The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lapidescent
Lapidescent \Lap`i*des"cent\, a. [L. lapidescens, p. pr. of lapidescere to become stone, fr. lapis, -idis, stone: cf. F. lapidescent.] Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
Lapidescent
Lapidescent \Lap"i*des"cent\, n. Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
Wiktionary
lapidescent
a. 1 Capable of petrifying other bodies. 2 Capable of beng converted into stone.
Usage examples of "lapidescent".
Like an emanation of stars and space, it was yet gem fine and gem hard, crystalline and metallic, lapidescent and -- Conscious!