May 23, 2011

Are you thick skinned?



Takes criticism well.
Then you are pachydermatous, pronounced pæ-kê-dêr-mê-tês.
1. Of, like or related to thick-skinned animals like elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses.
2. Thick skinned, insensitive.It's the adjectival form of pachyderm, an elephant, and according to the linguist Robert Beard you can drop the "at" and just say pachyermous if you're in a hurry.

This word, he writes,

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