pachydermatousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From pachy- +‎ -dermatous.

形容詞

pachydermatous (comparative more pachydermatous, superlative most pachydermatous)

1. Of or relating to the pachyderms.

   Synonym: pachydermic

2. Like an elephant.

   Synonym: elephantine

   • 1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122:

     The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage.

3. (humorous) Thick-skinned; insensitive.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:

     The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.

派生語

参照

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “pachydermatous”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Frederick C. Mish (Editor in Chief), Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition. Merriam-Webster, 2003. →ISBN.
• Noah Webster (1828), “pachydermatous”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.
• Mrs. Byrne [Josefa Heifetz Byrne] (1979), “pachydermatous”, in Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words: Gathered from Numerous and Diverse Authoritative Sources, London: Granada Publishing, →ISBN.