Associations to the word «Ossified»

Wiktionary

OSSIFIED, adjective. Inflexible, old-fashioned (of ideas or attitudes).
OSSIFIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of ossify

Dictionary definition

OSSIFIED, adjective. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system".

Wise words

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