Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs;
- Example: "obsolete fossilized ways"- Example: "an ossified bureaucratic system"[syn: fossilized, fossilised, ossified]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fossilised
adj 1: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior,
habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an
ossified bureaucratic system" [syn: fossilized,
fossilised, ossified]