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callosities

callosities is the plural of callosity.

Meaning of callosity

Noun

callosity (countable and uncountable, plural callosities)

  1. (countable) A callus.
  2. (uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.
    • The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 291

Phrases with callosities

Questions about callosities

What is callosities the plural of?
Callosities is the plural of callosity.

Words near callosities in the dictionary

  1. callosally
  2. callose
  3. callosely
  4. calloses
  5. callosic
  6. callosities
  7. callosity
  8. calloso-serrate
  9. callosomarginal
  10. callosotomies
  11. callosotomy

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