pachydermatous

English

Etymology

pachy- +‎ -dermatous

Adjective

pachydermatous (comparative more pachydermatous, superlative most pachydermatous)

  1. Of or relating to the pachyderms.
    Synonym: pachydermic
  2. 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.
  3. (humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive.

References
  • 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.
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