Calcified

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Transformed into a hard substance as minerals crystallize within
2. Altered into a rigid form through the accumulation of calcium or similar mineral deposits
3. Changed into a solid mass by the buildup of calcium compounds ; grown inflexible or unchanging in attitude or behavior

Etymology: "Calcified" is the past form of "calcify," which English took either from French "calcifier" or formed by attaching the suffix "-ify" to "calcium." Calcium itself comes from Latin "calx," meaning lime, so the word's core sense of hardening into mineral deposits traces back to that root.

Synonyms: hardened, mineralized, ossified, stiffened, fossilized

Antonyms: softened, loosened, dissolved, liquefied, melted