CALLOSITY

unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility

(noun) devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

callosity, callus

(noun) an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

callosity (countable and uncountable, plural callosities)

(countable) A callus

(uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness

Anagrams

• stoically

Source: Wiktionary


Cal*los"i*ty, n.; pl. Callosities. Etym: [L. callasitas; cf. F. calosté.]

Definition: A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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