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
There was a small callosity on the pilaster adjacent to his hand, and he scratched at it intently with a long forefinger.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
Time is needed, for instance, to bring about that hardening, or rather that callosity, which enables the hands of certain workmen to resist a degree of heat that would burn our hands.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
Besides causing the animal considerable pain, chafing, if long continued, leads to the formation of a callosity.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
The skin very soon hardens into a callosity.
From Rowing by Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers
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