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lap·i·dar·y

Audio Help [lap-i-der-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -dar·ies, adjective

–noun

1.	Also, lap·i·dist Audio Help [lap-i-dist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.

2.	Also, la·pid·ar·ist Audio Help [luh-pid-er-ist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. an expert in precious stones and the art or techniques used in cutting and engraving them.

3.	the art of cutting, polishing, and engraving precious stones.

4.	an old book on the lore of gems.

–adjective Also, lap·i·dar·i·an

Audio Help [lap-i-dair-ee-uh

5.	of or pertaining to the cutting or engraving of precious stones.

6.	characterized by an exactitude and extreme refinement that suggests gem cutting: a lapidary style; lapidary verse.

7.	of, pertaining to, or suggestive of inscriptions on stone monuments.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME lapidarie (n.) < L lapidārius of stone (adj.), stone-cutter (n.), equiv. to lapid- (s. of lapis) stone + -ārius -ary

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lap·i·dar·y Audio Help (lāp'ĭ-děr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. lap·i·dar·ies

adj.

Of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them.
1. Engraved in stone.
2. Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression: lapidary prose.
3. Sharply or finely delineated: a face with lapidary features.