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lapidary

UK /ˈlæpɪdəɹi/US /ˈlæpəˌdɛɹi/

adjective 7
noun 5
forms 1

adjective7

Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of cutting or otherwise working them.
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Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.
- His grand principle is, that lapidary inscriptions, of what sort soever, should be Historical rather than Lyrical. — 1831
Succinct, laconic.
Of or pertaining to monumental stones, and particularly to the art of inscribing them.
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engraved on stone.
- He's dead—and upper earth with him has done: / He's buried; save the undertaker's bill, / Or lapidary scrawl, the world is gone / For him, […] — 1822
Pertaining to a way of speaking which is circumlocutional, is excessively precise, and is multifaceted in the construction of propositions.
(no longer used, rare) Of or pertaining to stones in general.

noun5

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A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
- An excellent lapidary set these stones sure, / Doe you mark their vvaters? — 1624
The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.
(no longer used) An expert in gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
(no longer used) Gems and precious stones collectively; jewellery.
(no longer used) A treatise on (precious) stones.

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