The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CALLOUSED
calloused, callous, thickened
(adjective) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; “calloused skin”; “with a workman’s callous hands”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
calloused (comparative more calloused, superlative most calloused)
Alternative form of callused
Source: Wiktionary
CALLOUS
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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