Dictionary

callusy en · ADJ

Etymology

From callus + -y.

Meanings

1. Featuring or relating to a callus or calluses.
   • A few days before, I snicked my forefinger with the curved banana knife at the store, and a callusy scab toughened the ball of my fingertip. 1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent, Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN:
   • I don't look at him, or even hear him anymore, but then I feel his big callusy hand on my wrist and my stomach somersaults and my breath rushes back into my mouth. 2011, Megan Abbott, The End of Everything, Reagan Arthur Books, →ISBN:
   • Her eyes radiated the gentlest strength I had ever experienced, her tough, hot, callusy hands supported me with the full intensity of her life. 1991, Mary Gaitskill, Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Simon & Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 187:
   • callusy hands
2. Resembling a callus or calluses (but different).
   • callusy tumors

Forms

Synonyms

callousy (both senses) · calloused (featuring or relating to a callus or calluses) · callused (featuring or relating to a callus or calluses) · callous (featuring or relating to a callus or calluses)