Pachydermatous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the pachyderms.
  2. 2
    Like an elephant.

    "The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage."

  3. 3
    Thick-skinned; insensitive. humorous

    "The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king."

Adjective
  1. 1
    emotionally hardened wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
callouscase hardenedelephantineflintyhardhardened

Example

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"The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage."

Etymology

From pachy- + -dermatous.

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