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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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