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callosity

noun

Etymology

From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.

  1. derived from callōsitās
  2. derived from calosité
  3. inherited from callosite

Definitions

  1. A callus.

  2. A callous demeanour

    A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.

    • The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for callosity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA