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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:

Adjectives

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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