fossilhood

Etymology

From fossil + -hood.

fossilhood means the state of being a fossil (mineralized remains). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

noun

The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).“Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.”
The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).“A seductive and dangerous media revolution was under way, and literary fossilhood, about which he had once teased Emerson...”