Callused
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of callus form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having calluses.
"Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power."
Example
More examples"The blacksmith took the hammer in his callused hand."
Etymology
From callus + -ed.