Definizione monolingua

lapidary

lapidary (plural lapidaries)

1. A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems.

   2005 Peter G. Read, ""Gemmology""

   • in the very early days of gemstone fashioning, a polisher or lapidary would cut and polish both diamonds and other gemstones.

lapidary (comparative more lapidary, superlative most lapidary)

1. Pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.
2. Suitable for inscriptions; efficient, stately, concise.

   • 2000: The sole truth was that supplied by mathematics or by such lapidary propositions as “Whats done cannot be undone,” which was irrefutably correct. — Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God (Harper 2004, p. 71)

Definizione dizionario lapidary

arte lapidaria

lapidario

Altri significati:

Suitable for inscriptions; efficient, stately, concise.

A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems.

Pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.