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.
Other Word Forms
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
As a craftsman, he considers big-wheel potters like Spode and Wedgwood pathetically pachydermatous.
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
His words cut through the somewhat pachydermatous sensibilities of Sim Gage, who frowned a trifle as, after a due pause, he crawled out and sat down and reached for his broken boots.
From The Sagebrusher A Story of the West by Hough, Emerson
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