"Petrifaction" is a word in ENGLISH
Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted
with stony matter; an incrustation.
The process of petrifying, or changing into stone;
conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a
substance of stony hardness.
The state or condition of being petrified.
I keep being told that my writing is getting better and better. - Now, at first I am thrilled by that, but then I think, Isn't everybody's? Do some authors grow cozy with their own style, and stay there?I think of writing fiction as an art form. As such, it's a constant exploration of new and developing ideas. If any of my books were much like my others, I don't think I'd even bother to write them.
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To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
Read the complete definitionTo become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
Read the complete definitionFig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
Read the complete definitionTo convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
Read the complete definitionConverting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
Read the complete definitionInflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
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