English → Latin
“thick-skinned” in Latin
callōsuswith a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous; solid, tough, hard, thickdūrushard; rough; harsh; hardy; vigorousconcallēscōto become callous, become insensitive; to become shrewdoccallēscōto become callous, thick-skinned
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
thick-skinned
callosus (PROP.): durus (figuratively). To become thick-skinned (figuratively), callum fieri; concallescere; occallescere; percallescere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for thick-skinned?
- The usual Latin words for “thick-skinned” are callōsus, dūrus, concallēscō; also occallēscō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.