lapidary

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lapidary /ˈlapɪd(ə)ri/

▶adjective

• 1 relating to the engraving, cutting, or polishing of stones and gems.

• 2 (of language) elegant and concise, suitable for engraving on stone.

▶noun (pl. lapidaries) a person who cuts, polishes, or engraves stones and gems.

– origin ME (as n.): from L. lapidarius (in late L. ‘stonecutter’), from lapis, lapid- ‘stone’.