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cal·lous

(kăl′əs)

adj.

1. Having calluses; toughened: callous skin on the elbow.

2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: a callous indifference to the suffering of others.

tr. & intr.v. cal·loused, cal·lous·ing, cal·lous·es

To make or become callous.

[Middle English, from Old French cailleux, from Latin callōsus, from callum, hard skin.]

cal′lous·ly adv.

cal′lous·ness n.

Usage Note: Do not confuse the adjective callous, as in Years of dealing with criminals had left her callous, with the noun callus, as in I have a callus on my thumb. Also, do not confuse the verb callous, which means "to make or become callous," with the verb callus "to form or develop hardened tissue."

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calloused

(ˈkæləst) or

callused

adj

(Pathology) roughened; hardened

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Adj.

calloused - having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"

callous, thickened

toughened, tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"

Translations

calloso

calloused

[ˈkæləsd] ADJ [fingers, hands] → encallecido, calloso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

calloused

callused [ˈkæləst] adj [fingers, hand, foot] → calleux/euse

calloused

adj → schwielig, kallös

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calloused

[ˈkæləst] adj → calloso/a

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He saw that her toil-worn, weather-exposed hands were like a man's, callused, large-knuckled, and gnarled, and that her stockingless feet were thrust into heavy man's brogans.

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That's one of the messages from a new study suggesting that in certain ways, walking on callused feet can be better for you than the modern luxury of cushioned shoes.

Why Your Foot Calluses Might Be Good for You

(2007) Plantar pressures are higher under callused regions of the foot in older people.