Word: Lapidary
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stonepicnicking_okapiWednesday's word is...
...lapidary.
noun
1. One who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems.
2. A dealer in precious or semiprecious stones.
adjective
1. Of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them.
2. Engraved in stone.
3. Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression.
4. Sharply or finely delineated.
I found it in a book I just finished: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sideny Mintz: But we have already seen how sucrose, this "favored child of capitalism"--Fernando Ortiz lapidary phrase--epitomized the transition from one kind of society to another.
The Lizzardo Museum of Lapidary Art
...lapidary.
noun
1. One who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems.
2. A dealer in precious or semiprecious stones.
adjective
1. Of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them.
2. Engraved in stone.
3. Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression.
4. Sharply or finely delineated.
I found it in a book I just finished: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sideny Mintz: But we have already seen how sucrose, this "favored child of capitalism"--Fernando Ortiz lapidary phrase--epitomized the transition from one kind of society to another.
The Lizzardo Museum of Lapidary Art
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