Ossified

The word: 'Ossified', the reason: was able to recite the definition on the spot.

CBC Radio 3 2010

Ossified knowledge is a dead-weight to the world, and it does not matter in what realm of man's intellectual activities it is found...

Dana Ullman: Disinformation on Homeopathy: Two Leading Sources Dana Ullman 2011

The joined arcs made the shape of birth and craving And the welded-open shape kept mouthing O.Ossified cords held the corners together In groined spirals pleated like a summer dress.

Robert Pinsky's Poetry Strikes a Chord 2011

The joined arcs made the shape of birth and craving And the welded-open shape kept mouthing O.Ossified cords held the corners together In groined spirals pleated like a summer dress.

Robert Pinsky's Poetry Strikes a Chord 2011

And, in this respect, the 2011 version of the God-fearing Ossified Party has rolled out the greatest assortment of Know-Nothings in its long history, most of whom share a singular misconception: because I can do one small thing well e.g., run a pizza chain, I can handle the world's most demanding occupation.

James Marshall Crotty: Why Republicans Embrace Simpletons and How It Hurts America James Marshall Crotty 2011

Right away he called the gentlebens of Ossified Crime to warn them, but I was already plugged into the library sucking news as fast as I could and so I knew it wouldn't do no good, cause they got all seven of the big boys and their nitwit taster, too, locked up good and tight for card fraud.

Flux Tales of Human Futures Card, Orson Scott 1990

Nearly all of the artistes were married: Bubbles to The Ossified Man, Na-Na to The Three-Legged Man, and Tina and Weena to other midgets.

City of Baraboo Longyear, Barry 1980

"Now, just a minute, buster!" wheezed the eighty-pound Ossified Man.

City of Baraboo Longyear, Barry 1980

Waldo Screener, the Ossified Man, has not been located after several intense searches, and is presumed to have joined his wife ...

City of Baraboo Longyear, Barry 1980

Runty took the chair, and in a few earnest and well-chosen words, he dispatched the Ossified Man for a pitcher of beer.

Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg