lapidární — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lapidary noun A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
Senses
lapidární is used for these senses in English:
- lapidary 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.
lapidary — full definition
- noun A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
- noun The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.
- noun An expert in gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
- noun Gems and precious stones collectively; jewellery.