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adj. - Of or relating to or characteristic of any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin (elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus) adj. - Emotionally hardened.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Adjective : a pachydermatous indifference to insults
  • Cutler, the British officer, was pachydermatous to ideas, but punctilious about behaviour.
  • By and by he will take the hint, if not wholly pachydermatous, and go away of his own accord.
  • Pray, my good Sir, does a man go to see the elephant only to call him a pachydermatous quadruped?
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