Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

callused

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
cal-lused
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having calluses.

verb

simple past and past participle of callus

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English callus Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English callused From callus + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more callused (comparative) most callused (superlative) calloused (alternative)

Derived Forms

noncallused uncallused

Synonyms

callous callousy callusy brawny

Questions

What does callused mean?
Having calluses.
Where does callused come from?
Etymology tree English callus Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English callused From callus + -ed.

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