Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CALLOUS
callous, indurate, pachydermatous
(adjective) emotionally hardened; “a callous indifference to suffering”; “cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion”
calloused, callous, thickened
(adjective) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; “calloused skin”; “with a workman’s callous hands”
callous, cauterize, cauterise
(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
callous (comparative more callous, superlative most callous)
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
Having calluses.
Synonyms
• heartless
• insensitive
Noun
callous (plural callouses)
Alternative form of callus
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"lous, a. Etym: [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
1. Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." Macaulay. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.
Syn.
– Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate.
– Cal"lous*ly, adv.
– Cal"lous*ness, n. A callousness and numbness of soul. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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