callosifyv.

Brit.

/kəˈlɒsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/kəˈlɑsəfaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callose adj., -ify suffix.

Etymology: < callose adj. + -ify suffix.

Now rare.

transitive. To make callous (in various senses); to harden; to make more rigid or fixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (transitive)] > alter tissue > harden

callosify1800

sclerose1899

1800 W. Taylor Let. 1 Apr. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 344 I have always willingly ascribed my recovery to the practice of smoking tobacco—which may act..by callosifying lungs too sieve-like.

1885 E. J. Ensell Lanherst vi. 49 All the warps and twists of his mental constitution were so hopelessly callosified by the assumption of superior wisdom..that there seemed to be no possibility of working upon him by any means.

1918 W. E. Orchard Outlook Relig. iii. ii. 224 It [sc. the modern mind] is callosified by its lack of imagination.

1942 S. Sassoon Let. 28 Dec. in J. M. Wilson Siegfried Sassoon (2003) xx. 315 I suppose we are all callosified spiritually by the war and its procession of brutalities.

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

单词	callosify
释义	callosifyv. Brit. /kəˈlɒsᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /kəˈlɑsəfaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callose adj., -ify suffix. Etymology: < callose adj. + -ify suffix. Now rare. transitive. To make callous (in various senses); to harden; to make more rigid or fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (transitive)] > alter tissue > harden callosify1800 sclerose1899 1800 W. Taylor Let. 1 Apr. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 344 I have always willingly ascribed my recovery to the practice of smoking tobacco—which may act..by callosifying lungs too sieve-like. 1885 E. J. Ensell Lanherst vi. 49 All the warps and twists of his mental constitution were so hopelessly callosified by the assumption of superior wisdom..that there seemed to be no possibility of working upon him by any means. 1918 W. E. Orchard Outlook Relig. iii. ii. 224 It [sc. the modern mind] is callosified by its lack of imagination. 1942 S. Sassoon Let. 28 Dec. in J. M. Wilson Siegfried Sassoon (2003) xx. 315 I suppose we are all callosified spiritually by the war and its procession of brutalities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1800
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