CALLOUS

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.

2.
a.

Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." Macaulay. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.

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