petrificとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /pəˈtɹɪf.ɪk/
• 韻: -ɪfɪk

形容詞

petrific (comparative more petrific, superlative most petrific)

1. (now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive. [from 17th c.]
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry.

   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.2:

     “Sir!” cried Mr. Delvile, with a look meant to be nothing less than petrific.