preserved in aspic

adj

Definitions

  1. Unchanged, especially if contrary to expectation.

    • He described the service as ‘preserved in aspic, speaking with the plummy tones of a Britain that scarcely existed any longer’.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preserved in aspic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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