pachydermatous

English

Etymology

pachy- + -dermatous

Adjective

pachydermatous (comparative more pachydermatous, superlative most pachydermatous)

1. of or relating to the pachyderms
2. thick-skinned, insensitive

References

• Angus Stevenson (Editor), Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition. Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780199206872.

• Frederick C. Mish (Editor in Chief), Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition. Merriam-Webster, 2003. ISBN 9780877798088.

• “pachydermatous” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• Josefa Heifetz Byrne, Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words. Granada Publishing, 1979. ISBN 0246111518.