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“thick-skinned” in Latin

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.

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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.