callousnessn.

Brit.

/ˈkaləsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈkæləsnəs/

Forms: see callous adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callous adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < callous adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier callosity n.

a. The condition (of tissue) of being abnormally hardened or thickened, spec. callused condition of the skin, typically resulting from repeated friction or pressure; an instance of this. Cf. callosity n. 1b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening

callosity?a1425

callousness1634

imperspirability1745

hyperkeratosis1841

scleroderma1873

sclerodermia1873

parakeratosis1885

acanthosis1887

tylosis1890

lichenification1892

sclerœdema1932

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. lxii. 957 Cantharides put into unguents will doe it,..for they will consume the callousnesse [L. callos, Fr. les verruës, & cors] which groweth betweene the toes or fingers.

1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium vii. 507 He discovered him to be a mean person by the rusticity and hardness of his body: not by a callousness of his feet, or a wart upon a finger.

1775 J. Clark Observ. Shoeing Horses (new ed.) 19 Their hoofs..(like the hands of a labouring man) acquire a callousness.

1865 Lancet 8 July 31/1 Appearance is not perfection in a stump: its utility, its callousness,..are its better attributes.

1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Dec. 1313/1 The term ‘catarrh of the stomach’ was taken exception to as having little reality, the stomach having come by ages of custom to a comparative callousness.

1920 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 10 Apr. 652/1 Overuse may result in callousness of the skin.

1985 W. J. H. Light Alcoholism ii. 57 Redness and thickening of the skin, followed by keratosis or increased horniness or callousness.

†b. An area of abnormally hardened or thickened tissue; a callus. Also figurative. Cf. callosity n. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening > hard skin

callositya1400

callus1563

warish1570

brawn1578

calluma1640

callousness1705

warda1825

hoof1888

tylosis1890

1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. ii. 239 The skin becomes the thicker, and so a callousness grows upon it.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 82 There are often found in them [sc. the lungs] tumours, callousnesses, etc.

1875 J. A. Harrison Group of Poets & their Haunts 90 The literary stomach learned to digest the knots and callousnesses, the lumps and languors of a dead language.

2. figurative. The quality or condition of being callous; lack of feeling; hard-heartedness; an instance of this.See note at callous adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun]

crueltyc1230

unfeelingness1398

cruelnessa1400

callum?1440

cruelc1440

crudelity1483

hard-heartedness1577

callosity1614

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

callus1683

heartlessness1701

cold-heartedness1850

unsympathy1856

cold-bloodedness1878

inhumanism1907

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness

induration1493

indurateness1537

induritness1558

hardenedness1571

stoniness1571

hard-heartedness1577

apathy1603

indolence1603

dedolence1606

flintiness1607

dedolencya1617

searedness1620

callosity1628

indolencya1631

brawnedness1631

calluma1640

atrocity1641

dead-heartedness1642

brawninessa1645

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

petrification1678

unsolicitousnessa1683

callus1683

heartlessness1701

petrifaction1722

unreckingness1873

Gradgrindery1920

1653 Bp. J. Taylor XXV Serm. xxi. 284 It [sc. sin] perpetually affrights the conscience, unlesse by its frequent stripes it brings a callousnesse and an insensible damnation upon it.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 13 Abandon'd to a callousness and numness of Soul.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. v. 91 They who have got over all Fellow-feeling for others, have withal contracted a certain Callousness of Heart.

1781 S. Johnson Let. 7 Apr. (1992) III. 332 As I have not the decrepitude I have not the callousness of old age.

1830 T. Arnold Let. 24 Dec. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vi. 261 The richer classes will again relapse into their old callousness.

1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. II. 35 John's..utter callousness to honour.

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ii. 140 Beneath that boyish exterior was..the male hardness, the callousness that met the brunt and withstood the shock of onset.

1967 N. Coward Diary 22 Jan. (2000) 645 Apart from the inherent sadism, callousness and illogicality of my fellow beings, I become more and more appalled by their insensate silliness.

2003 R. Dawkins Devil's Chaplain i. 9 An opposite response to the callousness of natural selection is to exult in it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	callousness
释义	callousnessn. Brit. /ˈkaləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈkæləsnəs/ Forms: see callous adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callous adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < callous adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier callosity n. 1. a. The condition (of tissue) of being abnormally hardened or thickened, spec. callused condition of the skin, typically resulting from repeated friction or pressure; an instance of this. Cf. callosity n. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening callosity?a1425 callousness1634 imperspirability1745 hyperkeratosis1841 scleroderma1873 sclerodermia1873 parakeratosis1885 acanthosis1887 tylosis1890 lichenification1892 sclerœdema1932 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. lxii. 957 Cantharides put into unguents will doe it,..for they will consume the callousnesse [L. callos, Fr. les verruës, & cors] which groweth betweene the toes or fingers. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium vii. 507 He discovered him to be a mean person by the rusticity and hardness of his body: not by a callousness of his feet, or a wart upon a finger. 1775 J. Clark Observ. Shoeing Horses (new ed.) 19 Their hoofs..(like the hands of a labouring man) acquire a callousness. 1865 Lancet 8 July 31/1 Appearance is not perfection in a stump: its utility, its callousness,..are its better attributes. 1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Dec. 1313/1 The term ‘catarrh of the stomach’ was taken exception to as having little reality, the stomach having come by ages of custom to a comparative callousness. 1920 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 10 Apr. 652/1 Overuse may result in callousness of the skin. 1985 W. J. H. Light Alcoholism ii. 57 Redness and thickening of the skin, followed by keratosis or increased horniness or callousness. †b. An area of abnormally hardened or thickened tissue; a callus. Also figurative. Cf. callosity n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > hardening or thickening > hard skin callositya1400 callus1563 warish1570 brawn1578 calluma1640 callousness1705 warda1825 hoof1888 tylosis1890 1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. ii. 239 The skin becomes the thicker, and so a callousness grows upon it. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 82 There are often found in them [sc. the lungs] tumours, callousnesses, etc. 1875 J. A. Harrison Group of Poets & their Haunts 90 The literary stomach learned to digest the knots and callousnesses, the lumps and languors of a dead language. 2. figurative. The quality or condition of being callous; lack of feeling; hard-heartedness; an instance of this.See note at callous adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun] crueltyc1230 unfeelingness1398 cruelnessa1400 callum?1440 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 hard-heartedness1577 callosity1614 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 callus1683 heartlessness1701 cold-heartedness1850 unsympathy1856 cold-bloodedness1878 inhumanism1907 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness induration1493 indurateness1537 induritness1558 hardenedness1571 stoniness1571 hard-heartedness1577 apathy1603 indolence1603 dedolence1606 flintiness1607 dedolencya1617 searedness1620 callosity1628 indolencya1631 brawnedness1631 calluma1640 atrocity1641 dead-heartedness1642 brawninessa1645 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 petrification1678 unsolicitousnessa1683 callus1683 heartlessness1701 petrifaction1722 unreckingness1873 Gradgrindery1920 1653 Bp. J. Taylor XXV Serm. xxi. 284 It [sc. sin] perpetually affrights the conscience, unlesse by its frequent stripes it brings a callousnesse and an insensible damnation upon it. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 13 Abandon'd to a callousness and numness of Soul. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. v. 91 They who have got over all Fellow-feeling for others, have withal contracted a certain Callousness of Heart. 1781 S. Johnson Let. 7 Apr. (1992) III. 332 As I have not the decrepitude I have not the callousness of old age. 1830 T. Arnold Let. 24 Dec. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. vi. 261 The richer classes will again relapse into their old callousness. 1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. II. 35 John's..utter callousness to honour. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ii. 140 Beneath that boyish exterior was..the male hardness, the callousness that met the brunt and withstood the shock of onset. 1967 N. Coward Diary 22 Jan. (2000) 645 Apart from the inherent sadism, callousness and illogicality of my fellow beings, I become more and more appalled by their insensate silliness. 2003 R. Dawkins Devil's Chaplain i. 9 An opposite response to the callousness of natural selection is to exult in it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1634
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