lapidaire

French

Etymology

From Latin lapidārius (“stony”). The terse sense is from “inscription lapidaire”, short inscriptions carved in stone.

Adjective

lapidaire (plural lapidaires)

related to stone
(figuratively) terse (abruptly short)

Derived terms

lapidairement

Descendants

German: lapidar

Noun

lapidaire m, f (plural lapidaires)

lapidary, gemsmith

Further reading

“lapidaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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