pachydermatous
of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
thick-skinned; insensitive: a pachydermatous indifference to insults.
Origin of pachydermatous
1Other words from pachydermatous
- pach·y·der·ma·tous·ly, adverb
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How to use pachydermatous in a sentence
The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyBut the pachydermatous inertia of the citizens of Alleghenia had yet its vulnerable spot, where the weapon might enter.
The Lieutenant-Governor | Guy Wetmore CarrylThe plains of Siberia, stretching away towards the Arctic Ocean, sheltered countless hosts of huge pachydermatous quadrupeds.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series | Philip Henry GosseThe predominating forms are still pachydermatous, and the tapir type continues to be conspicuous.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation | Robert ChambersUnless he could get away from his pachydermatous familiar, Pettengill must care for his cases that morning.
Short Sixes | H. C. Bunner
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