What does "petrifaction" mean?
Petrifaction: The state or condition of being petrified.
Additional senses
- 2.That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
- 3.Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy. "Petrifaction of the soul." Cudworth.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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