Fos·sil·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing ]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head
Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. --Mrs. Browning.
Fos·sil·ized a. Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.
A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. --Earle.
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fossilized
adj : set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits,
or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified
bureaucratic system" [syn: fossilised, ossified]