Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pachydermatous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pachy-der-ma-tous
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the pachyderms.

adj

Like an elephant.

adj

Thick-skinned; insensitive.

Humorous; Literary

Example Sentences

"The sanda comes up tail foremost, and blocks the orifice with his pachydermatous appendage."
"The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king."

Etymology

From pachy- + -dermatous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pachy
Suffix: dermatous

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pachydermatous (comparative) most pachydermatous (superlative) pachydermous (alternative)

Derived Forms

pachydermatously pachydermatousness

Synonyms

pachydermic elephantine callous indurate pachydermal pachydermous

Questions

What does pachydermatous mean?: Of or relating to the pachyderms.
Where does pachydermatous come from?: From pachy- + -dermatous.

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