noun
Meaning 1
A callus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
callosity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: callousness, hardheartedness, insensitivity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unfeelingness, callousness, hardness, insensibility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insensitivity, insensitiveness
Narrower terms: dullness
noun
Meaning 4
an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: callus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hardening
Narrower terms: corn, clavus
History
Etymology
From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.