CALLOUS


Meaning of CALLOUS in English

I. ˈka-ləs adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin callosus, from callum, callus callous skin

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : being hardened and thickened

b. : having calluses

callous hands

2.

a. : feeling no emotion

b. : feeling or showing no sympathy for others : hard-hearted

a callous indifference to suffering

• cal·lous·ly adverb

• cal·lous·ness noun

II. transitive verb

Date: 1834

: to make callous

hands callous ed by hard manual labor

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.