pachydermatous
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
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thick-skinned; insensitive.
a pachydermatous indifference to insults.
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Etymology
Origin of pachydermatous
1815–25; < New Latin Pachydermat ( a ) ( see pachyderm) + -ous
Example Sentences
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In some shows, he impaled a watermelon rind — he dubbed it the “thick pachydermatous outer melon layer” — with a card thrown at speeds approaching 90 miles per hour.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2018
Theodore Dreiser, 74, pachydermatous, persistent, humorless novelist; of a heart attack; in Hollywood, shortly after completing two novels, his first in over 20 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Months later, at another concert, he spied her again in the audience, made his pachydermatous instrument serenade her with mournful and passionate moans.
From Time Magazine Archive
But pachydermatous Mr. Kaiser, who also appeared before the committee, showed no embarrassment, wanted no prayers.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is always right, always faultless in matter and style, when he is showing that 'the impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.'
From Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons
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