Entry: ossified (adj.)
In context: "'Petrified', Marathe said. 'Ossified. Inanimate.'"
Definition: In a state of ossification; bony, osseous.
Other: Also, relevantly:
Hardened or callous; rigid or fixed in position, attitude, ideas, etc.
and
slang (chiefly U.S.). Drunk, intoxicated.
1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xvi. 166 An odd lot, bored to death, mostly staying ossified on Tuscan wine.
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 647
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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