chalcenterousadj.
/kalˈsɛntərəs/ With bowels of bronze, tough.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned
shamelessc897
hard-skinnedc1450
past shame1509
unblushing1595
steel-browed1600
thick-skinned1602
dead to shame1780
case-hardened1836
unsnubbable1847
hard-shelled1848
pachydermatous1849
hard-boiled1884
armour-plated1887
tough-minded1927
chalcenterous1946
chalcenteric1964
1946 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Oct. 492/2 The most chalcenterous Scotsman who may hereafter seek the shelter of Oxford.
1948 R. W. Chapman Lexicogr. 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.
Derivatives
chalˈcenteric adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned
shamelessc897
hard-skinnedc1450
past shame1509
unblushing1595
steel-browed1600
thick-skinned1602
dead to shame1780
case-hardened1836
unsnubbable1847
hard-shelled1848
pachydermatous1849
hard-boiled1884
armour-plated1887
tough-minded1927
chalcenterous1946
chalcenteric1964
1964 R. M. Ogilvie Latin & Greek 95 For less chalcenteric readers there were the historical novelists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1946- irrecurable
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- irredeemability
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- irredeemable debenture
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