Associations to the word «Fossilisation»

Wiktionary

FOSSILISATION, noun. British spelling standard spelling of fossilization.

Dictionary definition

FOSSILISATION, noun. The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone.
FOSSILISATION, noun. Becoming inflexible or out of date.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope