Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thickskin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thick-skin
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarse, gross person, dull, unsensitive or unsensible person.

adj

Applied to various creatures having a thick skin.

Etymology

From thick + skin.

Inflected Forms

thickskins (plural)

Phrases

thickskin robber frog thickskin shark thickskin snailfish

Questions

What does thickskin mean?: A coarse, gross person, dull, unsensitive or unsensible person.
Where does thickskin come from?: From thick + skin.

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