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lapidaire

/la.pi.dɛʁ/

adjective/la.pi.dɛʁ/

related to stone; terse (abruptly short)

inscription lapidaire

Synonyms: laconique, concis

Learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius (“stony”). The terse sense is from inscription lapidaire, short inscriptions carved in stone.

noun, masculine/feminine/la.pi.dɛʁ/plural: lapidaires

lapidary, gemsmith

Learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius (“stony”). The terse sense is from inscription lapidaire, short inscriptions carved in stone.