pachydermousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpakɪˈdəːməs/, U.S.

/ˌpækəˈdərməs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pachyderm n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < pachyderm n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier pachydermatous adj. and slightly later pachydermic adj., pachydermal adj.

1. Pachydermatous; (figurative) thick-skinned.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or belonging to Pachydermata

pachydermatous1823

pachydermous1836

pachydermic1838

pachydermal1842

pachyderm1851

pachydermoid1856

pachydermatoid1882

1836 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 146/2 The removal of the genus Equus..would enable us to simplify our definition of the pachydermous tribes.

1904 Mind 13 523 The kind of objection that we should feel to a person who told us that a horse is a pachydermous animal with tusks and a trunk.

1923 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 402 He often succeeds in acquiring certain pachydermous characteristics—the unhappiness of others does not affect his spirits.

1995 S. Rushdie Moor's Last Sigh xvii. 326 The square was renamed ‘Place of the Elephants’... The vandalised square had until then been the Plaza de Carmen Polo..which was now besmirched by this pachydermous connection.

2. Botany. Of the capsule of a moss: thick-walled.

ΚΠ

1855–60 Rep. of Explor. & Surveys (U.S. War Dept.) 190 Capsule dark chestnut brown, pachydermous; its junction with the pedicel being nearly at right angles.

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 179/1 Pachydermous, applied to Mosses when the cells or capsules are firm and resistant.

1953 Amer. Midland Naturalist 49 346 Over peat or on sunny decayed logs occurs a pachydermous modification, with few or no marginal teeth.

1984 Brittonia 36 302 Capsules globose, pachydermous, stomata not found.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pachydermous
释义	pachydermousadj. Brit. /ˌpakɪˈdəːməs/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈdərməs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pachyderm n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < pachyderm n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier pachydermatous adj. and slightly later pachydermic adj., pachydermal adj. 1. Pachydermatous; (figurative) thick-skinned. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of or belonging to Pachydermata pachydermatous1823 pachydermous1836 pachydermic1838 pachydermal1842 pachyderm1851 pachydermoid1856 pachydermatoid1882 1836 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 146/2 The removal of the genus Equus..would enable us to simplify our definition of the pachydermous tribes. 1904 Mind 13 523 The kind of objection that we should feel to a person who told us that a horse is a pachydermous animal with tusks and a trunk. 1923 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 402 He often succeeds in acquiring certain pachydermous characteristics—the unhappiness of others does not affect his spirits. 1995 S. Rushdie Moor's Last Sigh xvii. 326 The square was renamed ‘Place of the Elephants’... The vandalised square had until then been the Plaza de Carmen Polo..which was now besmirched by this pachydermous connection. 2. Botany. Of the capsule of a moss: thick-walled. ΚΠ 1855–60 Rep. of Explor. & Surveys (U.S. War Dept.) 190 Capsule dark chestnut brown, pachydermous; its junction with the pedicel being nearly at right angles. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 179/1 Pachydermous, applied to Mosses when the cells or capsules are firm and resistant. 1953 Amer. Midland Naturalist 49 346 Over peat or on sunny decayed logs occurs a pachydermous modification, with few or no marginal teeth. 1984 Brittonia 36 302 Capsules globose, pachydermous, stomata not found. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1836
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