Use the adjective ossified to describe someone who's become stuck in his ways. You might feel that your uncle has become an ossified suburban soccer dad, set in his unbending view of the world and comfortable lifestyle.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Adjective S.
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
Adjective S.
changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age"
a.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
imp. & p. p.
of Ossify
Ossified
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Usage Examples
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
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Other Usage ExamplesA faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.