callosity en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.
Meanings
- (countable) A callus.
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(uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.
The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.
1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 291:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| callosities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |