Cal"lous (?), a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.] 1. Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist."
Macaulay.
It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule.
T. Arnold.
Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate.
-- Cal"lous*ly, adv. -- Cal"lous*ness, n.
A callousness and numbness of soul.
Bentley.
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