Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone). / (figuratively) Inflexible, old-fashioned. / (Ireland, US, slang) Drunk.

simple past tense and past participle of ossify

(transitive, intransitive) To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ossify

present participle of ossify

One who, or that which, ossifies.

plural of ossifier