Lapidary style, that style which is proper for monumental and other
inscriptions; terse; sententious.
Lap"i*date (?), v. t. [L. lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare, fr. lapis
stone.] To stone. [Obs.]
Lap`i*da"tion (?), n. [L. lapidatio: cf. F. lapidation.] The act of
stoning. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
La*pid"e*ous (?), a. [L. lapideus, fr. lapis stone.] Of the nature of
stone. [Obs.] Ray.
Lap`i*des"cence (?), n. 1. The state or quality of being lapidescent.