pachydermatous

English

Etymology

pachy- +‎ -dermatous

Adjective

pachydermatous (comparative more pachydermatous, superlative most pachydermatous)

  1. of or relating to the pachyderms
  2. thick-skinned, insensitive

References
  • “pachydermatous” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN.
  • Frederick C. Mish (Editor in Chief), Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition. Merriam-Webster, 2003. →ISBN.
  • pachydermatous in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • “pachydermatous” in Mrs. Byrne [Josefa Heifetz Byrne], Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources, London: Granada Publishing, 1979, →ISBN.
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