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Callosity

noun
(pl. callosities)
1.
An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot).  Synonym: callus.
2.
Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness.  Synonyms: callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness.





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"Callosity" Quotes from Famous Books



... frankness of callosity, and could recount his evil deeds and confess his vices with hilarity and detail, and was prompt to take his part in a lark, and was a remarkably hard hitter, and never shrank from the brunt of the row; and with these fine ...
— Wylder's Hand • J. Sheridan Le Fanu


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