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.
© Webster 1913.