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chalcenterous, a.|kælˈsɛntərəs|
[ad. Gr. χαλκ-έντερος of brazen bowels, applied by Suidas to the grammarian Didymus, f. χαλκ-ός copper + ἔντερ-ον intestine + -ous.]
With bowels of bronze, tough. Also chalˈcenteric a.
1946Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Oct. 492/2 The most chalcenterous Scotsman who may hereafter seek the shelter of Oxford. 1948R. W. Chapman Lexicography 15 Sir James Murray added to his linguistic acumen and his tireless industry (which did not scruple to tire less chalcenterous workers) a Scotsman's hard, keen sense of the practical. 1964R. M. Ogilvie Latin & Greek 95 For less chalcenteric readers there were the historical novelists. |