Callous
Cal"lous
(?), a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.] 1. Hardened; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.[1913 Webster]
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist."
Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule.T. Arnold.
Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate.
-- Cal"lous*ly,
adv.
[1913 Webster]
A callousness and numbness of soul.Bentley.
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