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PACHYDERMATOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emotionally hardened
Example:
cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion
Synonyms:
callous; indurate; pachydermatous
Classified under:
Similar:
insensitive (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms
Synonyms:
pachydermal; pachydermatous; pachydermic; pachydermous
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pachyderm (any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus)
Derivation:
pachyderm (any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus)
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