fossil
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fossil¹
- /ˈfɒsl̩/ UK
- /ˈfɑsl̩/ US
Rhymes with -ɒsəl
Where it comes from
From French fossile, from Latin fossilis (“something which has been dug up”), from fodio (“to dig up”).
noun fossils
- The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. With the permission of the Keeper of the fossil collection, therefore, the specimen was subjected to a further careful removal of the matrix in the requisite directions.
- Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals. He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
- A fossil word.
- Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
- An extremely old or outdated person. I do not want to convey any disrespectful notion or slight when I call those good and learned men fossils, but my experience is that people are apt to fossilise even at a University if they follow the same paths too persistently.
- A piece of content, which, despite its age, is being repromoted to a large volume of users by the algorithm.
Fossil²
Where it comes from
From the standard noun fossil, because of fossil finds in the area.
proper noun
- A small city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fogy, fogey, dotard, dodo, archeological remains, fossilized, mineral, ore, fuel, fissile, solid, organism, relic, saints, fuels, vestige
Translations
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noun The mineralized remains of an animal or plant
| Español | fósil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 화석 hwaseok |
| 日本語 | 化石 kaseki |
| 中文 | 化石 huàshí |
| हिन्दी | जीवाश्म jīvāśma |
| Kiswahili | kisukuku |
| Português | fóssil |
| Français | fossile |
| Deutsch | Fossil |
| Italiano | fossile |
| Ελληνικά | απολίθωμα apolíthoma |
| Română | fosilă |
| Русский | ископа́емое iskopájemoje, окамене́лость okamenélostʹ, фосси́лия fossílija |
| Tiếng Việt | hoá thạch |
| العربية | مُسْتَحَاثَة mustaḥāṯa, أُحْفُورَة ʔuḥfūra |
| עברית | מְאוּבָּן me'ubán, מְאֻבָּן me'ubán |
Talk about this word "fossil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fossil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fossil. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fossil "fossil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fossil.Cite this
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title = {fossil},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fossil},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
