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pachydermatous

pachydermatous adjective: of or relating to the pachyderms.

Adjective

pachydermatous (comparative more pachydermatous, superlative most pachydermatous)

  1. Of or relating to the pachyderms.
    Synonyms:
    pachydermic
  2. Like an elephant.
    • The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage.1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122
    Synonyms:
    elephantine
  3. (humorous, literary) Thick-skinned; insensitive.
    • The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Synonyms of pachydermatous

Forms of pachydermatous

comparativemore pachydermatous
superlativemost pachydermatous
alternative formpachydermous

Origin of pachydermatous

From pachy- + -dermatous.

Words formed from pachydermatous

Questions about pachydermatous

What does pachydermatous mean?
Pachydermatous means of or relating to the pachyderms.
What part of speech is pachydermatous?
Pachydermatous is an adjective.

Words near pachydermatous in the dictionary

  1. pachyderm
  2. pachyderma
  3. pachydermal
  4. pachydermatocele
  5. pachydermatoceles
  6. pachydermatous
  7. pachydermatously
  8. pachydermatousness
  9. pachydermia
  10. pachydermia verticis gyrata
  11. pachydermial

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