Meanings
plural callosities
- countableA callus.
- uncountableA callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.
The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.
1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 291Synonyms: callousness, hardheartedness, insensitivity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.
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nounan area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
noundevoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincallōsitās
- Anglo-Normancalosité
- Middle Englishcallosite
- Englishcallosity
From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.
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