pachydermatous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
pachy- + -dermatous
Adjective[edit]
pachydermatous (comparative more pachydermatous, superlative most pachydermatous)
- Of or relating to the pachyderms.
- Synonym: pachydermic
- Like an elephant.
- Synonym: elephantine
- 1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122:
- The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage.
- (humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive.
References[edit]
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “pachydermatous”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →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.
- Mrs. Byrne [Josefa Heifetz Byrne] (1979) “pachydermatous”, in Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources, London: Granada Publishing, →ISBN.