callosity

English

Noun

callosity (countable and uncountable, plural callosities)

1. (countable) A callus
2. (uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 291:

     The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.

Derived terms

• ischial callosity

Anagrams

• stoically