- (formal)
(especially of written language 尤指书面用语 exact and showing good style 优雅精确的 in lapidary style 以优雅严谨的文体
- (specialist)
connected with stones and the work of cutting and polishing them 镌刻在石上的；宝石加工的
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Latin lapidarius (in late Latin ‘stonecutter’), from lapis, lapid- ‘stone’. The adjective dates from the early 18th cent.