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Definition of "pachydermatous" []

  • Of, relating to, or characteristic of a pachyderm. (adjective)
  • Thick-skinned; insensitive. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pachydermatous" in a sentence
  • "This combination, of ratlike claws and pachydermatous-size insteps, causes the subject to be very cautious about where, and indeed when, he takes off his shoes."
  • "But even a Flamburian may at last be pierced; and then (as with other pachydermatous animals) the hole, once made, is almost certain to grow larger."
  • "Cutler, the British officer, was pachydermatous to ideas, but punctilious about behaviour."
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