lapidist

English

Etymology

From Latin lapis, lapidis (“a stone”).

Noun

lapidist (plural lapidists)

1. (obsolete, rare) A lapidary (“person who cuts and polishes, engraves, or deals in gems and precious stones; expert in gems and precious stones”).
   • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:

     the factitious Stones of Chymists in invitation being easily detected by any ordinary Lapidist

References

• “lapidist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.