pachydermatous

[ pak-i-dur-muh-tuhs ]

/ ˌpæk ɪˈdɜr mə təs /

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 thick hides of pachydermatous animals correspond to the quilted armour of ancient and semi-civilized races.
The Evolution of Culture|Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy
Eighthly, a tooth of a pachydermatous animal, probably the same with the Macrauchenia, a huge beast with a long neck like a camel.
The World Before the Deluge|Louis Figuier
But we are puzzled by the presence outside the pale of some who cannot rightly be called “pachydermatous.”
Mountain Meditations|L. Lind-af-Hageby

But a glance would suffice to show that he now sitting there is not a member of that dogged and pachydermatous race.
Renshaw Fanning's Quest|Bertram Mitford