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callosity

noun

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noun

Etymology: From Middle English callosite, collositee, calosite, from Anglo-Norman calosité (compare Old French chalosité), from Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callous + -ity.

  1. A callus.
  2. A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness.

    The repetition of religious duties, without the feeling or spirit of religion, produces an incurable callosity of heart.

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