"fossility" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fossility.wav [US]
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  1. (humorous or nonstandard) The quality of being a genuine fossil. Tags: humorous, nonstandard, uncountable
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  2. (humorous or nonstandard) Having qualities usually attributed to fossils, such as age combined with an absence of contemporary traits. Tags: humorous, nonstandard, uncountable
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