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Callosity

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A callus. countable
  2. 2
    devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness wordnet
  3. 3
    A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness. uncountable

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

  4. 4
    an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) wordnet

Etymology

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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