Hypertext Webster Gateway: "callous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Callous \Cal"lous\, a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum,
callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
1. Hardened; 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
callous
adj : emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering";
"cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: {thick-skinned},
{indurate}, {pachydermatous}]
v : make insensitive or callous
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