callosity
callosity noun: a callus.
Noun
callosity (countable and uncountable, plural callosities)
- A callus.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- callousness, hardheartedness, insensitivity
callosity meaning in Tamil and Kannada
callosity in Tamil
- உணர்ச்சியற்ற, காய்த்தல், காய்ப்பு, முடியிழந்த தோல் தடிப்பு, ஒழுங்கற்ற எலும்புத் திசு வளர்ச்சி, காழ்ப்பு வளர்ச்சி
callosity in Kannada
- ನಾಳಿ, ಕೇಮ, ಕಾಯ್
Synonyms of callosity
Forms of callosity
| plural | callosities |
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Origin of callosity
From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.
Words formed from callosity
Questions about callosity
- What does callosity mean?
- Callosity means a callus.
- What is callosity in Tamil?
- Callosity in Tamil is உணர்ச்சியற்ற, காய்த்தல், காய்ப்பு. See Callosity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is callosity?
- Callosity is a noun.
- What is the plural of callosity?
- The plural of callosity is callosities.
Words near callosity in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: callosity (page history and authors); callosity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); callosity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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