pachydermatousnessn.
/ˌpakɪˈdəːmətəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈdərmədəsnəs/ The state or quality of being pachydermatous. Chiefly figurative. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > quality of being thick-skinned or shameless
stupiditya1631
pachydermatousness1854
hard-boiledness1912
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [noun] > Pachydermata > pachyderm or condition of being
pachyderm1828
pachydermatousness1854
1854 J. G. Wood Sketches Animal Life (1855) 367 [An animal] of whose pachydermatousness, if we may coin such a word, there is no doubt. This is the Giraffe, whose hide is more than an inch in thickness.
1865 J. Morley Mod. Characteristics 35 The conditions of social and intellectual pachydermatousness are in themselves equally wonderful.
1940 S. Haggard Let. 15 Jan. in A. Seyler & S. Haggard Craft of Comedy (1946) 49 What struck me most forcibly was the importance to any actor of a certain degree of pachydermatousness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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