ALL meanings of fossils
fos·sil
F f - noun fossils any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc. 1
- noun fossils a markedly outdated or old-fashioned person or thing. 1
- noun fossils a linguistic form that is archaic except in certain restricted contexts, as nonce in for the nonce, or that follows a rule or pattern that is no longer productive, as the sentence So be it. 1
- adjective fossils of the nature of a fossil: fossil insects. 1
- adjective fossils belonging to a past epoch or discarded system; antiquated: a fossil approach to economics. 1
- noun fossils Plural form of fossil. 1