pachydermatous

[ pak-i-dur-muh-tuhs ]

/ ˌpæk ɪˈdɜr mə təs /

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of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.

thick-skinned; insensitive: a pachydermatous indifference to insults.

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1815–25; <New Latin Pachydermat(a) (see pachyderm) + -ous

pach·y·der·ma·tous·ly, adverb

The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy
But the pachydermatous inertia of the citizens of Alleghenia had yet its vulnerable spot, where the weapon might enter.
The Lieutenant-Governor|Guy Wetmore Carryl
The 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 Gosse
The predominating forms are still pachydermatous, and the tapir type continues to be conspicuous.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation|Robert Chambers

Unless he could get away from his pachydermatous familiar, Pettengill must care for his cases that morning.
Short Sixes|H. C. Bunner