pachydermatousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpakɪˈdəːmətəs/, U.S.

/ˌpækəˈdərmədəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Pachydermata n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Pachydermata n. + -ous suffix; compare -dermatous comb. form.

1. Originally (Zoology): of or belonging to the Pachydermata. Later (chiefly colloquial and humorous): of, resembling, relating to, or characteristic of a pachyderm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or belonging to Pachydermata

pachydermatous1823

pachydermous1836

pachydermic1838

pachydermal1842

pachyderm1851

pachydermoid1856

pachydermatoid1882

1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 18 Teeth of the larger pachydermatous animals are not abundant.

1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 245 The last on the list of the pachydermatous animals is the well-known Hippopotamus, or River Horse.

a1901 R. W. Buchanan Devil's Case in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1901) II. xxii. 267 True, the Novel is elephantine, Pachydermatous, long-winded.

1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands (1966) xiii. 125 Not a single dummy was made to flinch, let alone receive a pachydermatous footprint in its midst.

1996 Times 10 June 23/1 When Laurence Olivier produced The Rhinocerous, Edwards was called upon to do the pachydermatous puffing.

2. figurative. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to rebuff, ridicule, or abuse; not easily affected by outside influences.

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

1849 Q. Rev. 84 348 Send, therefore, your boys to Eton, to Winchester if you will... Send your pachydermatous sons there.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 47 The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.

1934 H. Nicolson Jrnl. 19 Feb. in Diaries & Lett. (1984) 64 Can I be sincere without wounding people less pachydermatous than myself?

1981 Mod. Philol. 78 433 No doubt any but the most pachydermatous convictions would be tormented, if not altered, by a half century in which a king was..judicially killed, and replaced by a bold, martial usurper.

Derivatives

pachyˈdermatously adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > shamelessly

shamelesslyc897

pachydermatously1900

1900 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 11/3 By being able pachydermatously to withstand the protests to which we have referred.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pachydermatous
释义	pachydermatousadj. Brit. /ˌpakɪˈdəːmətəs/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈdərmədəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Pachydermata n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < Pachydermata n. + -ous suffix; compare -dermatous comb. form. 1. Originally (Zoology): of or belonging to the Pachydermata. Later (chiefly colloquial and humorous): of, resembling, relating to, or characteristic of a pachyderm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or belonging to Pachydermata pachydermatous1823 pachydermous1836 pachydermic1838 pachydermal1842 pachyderm1851 pachydermoid1856 pachydermatoid1882 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 18 Teeth of the larger pachydermatous animals are not abundant. 1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 245 The last on the list of the pachydermatous animals is the well-known Hippopotamus, or River Horse. a1901 R. W. Buchanan Devil's Case in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1901) II. xxii. 267 True, the Novel is elephantine, Pachydermatous, long-winded. 1963 A. Smith Throw out Two Hands (1966) xiii. 125 Not a single dummy was made to flinch, let alone receive a pachydermatous footprint in its midst. 1996 Times 10 June 23/1 When Laurence Olivier produced The Rhinocerous, Edwards was called upon to do the pachydermatous puffing. 2. figurative. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to rebuff, ridicule, or abuse; not easily affected by outside influences. 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 1849 Q. Rev. 84 348 Send, therefore, your boys to Eton, to Winchester if you will... Send your pachydermatous sons there. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 47 The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king. 1934 H. Nicolson Jrnl. 19 Feb. in Diaries & Lett. (1984) 64 Can I be sincere without wounding people less pachydermatous than myself? 1981 Mod. Philol. 78 433 No doubt any but the most pachydermatous convictions would be tormented, if not altered, by a half century in which a king was..judicially killed, and replaced by a bold, martial usurper. Derivatives pachyˈdermatously adv. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > shamelessly shamelesslyc897 pachydermatously1900 1900 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 11/3 By being able pachydermatously to withstand the protests to which we have referred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1823
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