English Explanatory Dictionary

pachydermic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characterized by or characteristic of pachydermy.
  2. Pertaining to the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata.
  3. Pertaining to or involving elephants.
  4. Massive; elephantine.
  5. Ponderous; slow and deliberate.
  6. Thick-skinned; insensitive.

Word forms

pachydermic more pachydermic most pachydermic

Etymology

From pachy- + derm + -ic or pachyderm + -ic.

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