noun
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hardheartedness
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another name for callus
Etymology
Origin of callosity
1375–1425; late Middle English calosite < Late Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callōs ( us ) callous + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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There is Van Halen, named after a callosity shaped like a guitar.
From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013
The callosity of Smollett's midshipman, who spat in the pressed man's face when he dared to complain of his sufferings, and roughly bade him die for aught he cared, was characteristic of the service.
From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
It should be mentioned, however, that his feet had long been unacquainted with any covering and had attained a degree of callosity that rendered them proof against anything.
From Mauprat by Young, Stanley
A sense of honour without callosity is never blunted for such attacks.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
A sense of honor without callosity is never blunted for such attacks.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
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