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Pachydermatous   Listen
adjective
Pachydermatous  adj.  
1.
(Zool.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.
2.
Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.
3.
(Med.) Of or pertaining to pachyderma.





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"Pachydermatous" Quotes from Famous Books



... Adam (perceive me), a wonder! The constitution of a horse, an ox, nay an elephant, the which monstrous beast (you'll allow me!) hath a pachydermatous hide tolerably impervious to spears, axes, darts, javelins and the like puny offences, and a constitution whereby he liveth (you'll observe) whole centuries. Indeed, Sir Adam, 'tis a cure marvellous, being one I ha' wrought on my patient in spite ...
— Martin Conisby's Vengeance • Jeffery Farnol
... your time is valuable, or that you are very busy; never hint at his going away; but never quit your work, answer questions cheerfully, and keep on, allowing nothing to take your eyes off your business. By and by he will take the hint, if not wholly pachydermatous, and go away of his own accord. By pursuing this course I have saved infinite time, and got rid of infinite bores, by one and ...
— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford
... sidewise and gazing up at him with one little eye full of porcine wisdom, and flapping one of its ears the while, the pig came to the conclusion that Hilary could only throw words at it such as would not injure its pachydermatous hide, and then with a contemptuous ...
— In the King's Name - The Cruise of the "Kestrel" • George Manville Fenn
... have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king. Looking at it thus, he found that life was to be seen of the same magnitude here ...
— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy


Words linked to "Pachydermatous" :   pachydermous, indurate, pachydermic, pachydermal, insensitive, pachyderm, callous


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