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fossilhood
noun 2
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3ADJ.
extravagant, lasting, literary, memorial, true
FOSSILHOOD + NOUN
protections
PREP.
about, with
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noun
1
The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.
In one of our stranger follies, we deny ourselves and our loved ones the opportunity of a true lasting memorial — fossilhood — with extravagant protections...
2
The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson...
It has come to be a mark of narrowness and fossilhood to be a devout believer in Christ and His Cross.
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Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.
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In one of our stranger follies, we deny ourselves and our loved ones the opportunity of a true lasting memorial — fossilhood — with extravagant protections...
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A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson...
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