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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.