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ˈthick-ˈskinned, a.
(-skɪnd: stress var.)
1. Having a thick skin; of plants, fruits, etc., having a thick outer coat or peel.
1545Elyot, Callosus, thicke skynned. 1601Holland Pliny I. xi. xxxix. 346 Men..who are thicke skinned..be more grosse of sence and understanding. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 152 In the South of Europe, hard or thin-skinned wheat is in higher estimation than soft or thick-skinned wheat. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. ii, Did not these bristly thick-skinned beings [hogs] here manifest intelligence? 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 38 The superficial position of the stomata is the rule for herbaceous less thick-skinned parts.
2. fig. Dull of sensation or feeling; obtuse, stolid; now esp. not sensitive to criticism or rebuff; the opposite of thin-skinned.
16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iii. iv. 1383 The Seruile current of my slyding verse, Gently shal runne into his thick skind eares. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. Introd. (1736) 8 They who are so Thick-skinned as still to believe the Story of the Phœnix. 1828Scott Jrnl. 26 June, He would be thick-skinned if he stands the clamour. 1885American IX. 387 He is too thick-skinned to mind eloquent and indignant criticism. |