callous
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin callōsus (“‘hard-skinned’”), from callum (“‘hardened skin’”) + -ōsus.
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[edit] Adjective
callous (comparative more callous, superlative most callous)
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- Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering of others.
- She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
- Having calluses.
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[edit] Translations
emotinally hardened
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having calluses