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say it: FAH-suh-lahyzd
fossilized is an adjective meaning "set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs". It is pronounced /ˈfɑsəˌlaɪzd/ — FAH-suh-lahyzd. It carries one recorded sense.
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
“obsolete fossilized ways”
“an ossified bureaucratic system”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fossilized come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.