callosity

American  

[kuh-los-i-tee] / kəˈlɒs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

callosities

1. a callous condition.

2. Botany. a hardened or thickened part of a plant.

3. Pathology. callus.

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callosity British  

/ kəˈlɒsɪtɪ /

noun

1. hardheartedness

2. another name for callus

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Etymology

Origin of callosity

1375–1425; late Middle English calosite < Late Latin callōsitās, equivalent to callōs ( us ) callous + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

There is Van Halen, named after a callosity shaped like a guitar.

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013

Sit′-fast, fixed, stationary.—n. a callosity of the skin under the saddle, often leading to ulcer.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Time is needed, for instance, to bring about that hardening, or rather that callosity, which enables the hands of certain workmen to resist a degree of heat that would burn our hands.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

Shell coniform, broad; aperture effuse, tumid callosity on the inner lip large, and spreading over the spire.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

It should be mentioned, however, that his feet had long been unacquainted with any covering and had attained a degree of callosity that rendered them proof against anything.

From Mauprat by Young, Stanley