lapidary
n. 宝石工艺匠, 宝石鉴定家 a. 宝石雕刻的, 宝石的
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1.
A person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones.
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The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology.
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An expert in gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
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Gems and precious stones collectively; jewellery.
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A treatise on (precious) stones.
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Of or pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.
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2.
Senses relating to inscriptions.
Of an inscription: engraved on stone.
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3.
Senses relating to inscriptions.
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.
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4.
Of or pertaining to stones in general.
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5.
Succinct, laconic.
词汇关系
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词源
The noun is derived from Middle English lapidari, lapidarie (“person who cuts, polishes, or engraves precious stones; expert in precious stones; treatise on precious stones”) [and other forms], from Old French lapidaire (“gemsmith, lapidary”) (modern French lapidaire), or from its etymon Latin lapidārius (“(adjective) of stones, stony; (noun) stonecutter”), from lapidis (the genitive singular of lapis (“stone; (poetic) jewel, precious stone”), possibly from Pre-Greek or Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”)) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives). Noun senses 3.2 (“jewellery”) and 3.3 (“treatise on precious stones”) are derived from Latin lapidāria or lapidārium, a noun use of the neuter plural or genitive plural respectively of lapidāris (“of stone”, adjective), from lapidis (the genitive singular of lapis; see above) + -āris (suffix forming adjectives). The stone-referent adjective is either: * a learned borrowing from Latin lapidārius (adjective); or * derived from the noun. Adjective sense 4 (“succint”) is by metaphor: the speaker or writer has cut and polished their locution, as it were.
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