say it: AH-suh-fahyd
ossified is an adjective meaning "set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs". 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 ossified 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.