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Webster 1913 Edition
Callous
Cal′lous
,Adj.
[L.
callosus
callous hard, fr. callum
, callus
, callous skin: cf. F. calleux
.] 1.
Hardened; indurated.
“A callous hand.” Goldsmith.
“A callous ulcer.” Dunglison.
2.
Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
“The callous diplomatist.” Macaulay.
Cal′lous-ly
, adv.
A
callousness
and numbness of soul. Bentley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Callous
CALLOUS
, a.1.
Hard; hardened; indurated; as an ulcer or some part of the body.2.
Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling.