Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "A fossil word is a word that is generally obsolete but remains in currency because it is contained within an idiom still in use.Fossil status can also occur for word senses and for phrases. An example for a word sense is 'navy' in 'merchant navy', which means 'commercial fleet' (although that sense of navy is obsolete elsewhere). An example for a phrase is 'in point' (relevant), which is retained in the larger phrases 'case in point' (also 'case on point' in the legal context) and 'in point of fact', but is not otherwise used outside of a legal context."@en }
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- Fossil_word abstract "A fossil word is a word that is generally obsolete but remains in currency because it is contained within an idiom still in use.Fossil status can also occur for word senses and for phrases. An example for a word sense is 'navy' in 'merchant navy', which means 'commercial fleet' (although that sense of navy is obsolete elsewhere). An example for a phrase is 'in point' (relevant), which is retained in the larger phrases 'case in point' (also 'case on point' in the legal context) and 'in point of fact', but is not otherwise used outside of a legal context.".