lapidarian

1. 1.

   inscribed on stone

   “a lapidarian record”

   Similarcarved

Questions about lapidarian

What does lapidarian mean?

lapidarian means "inscribed on stone".

How many syllables are in lapidarian?

lapidarian has 5 syllables and divides as la-pi-da-ri-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lapidarian a common word?

lapidarian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.