The Only Use of
callous
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Absence cannot have rendered you callous to our joys and griefs; and how shall I inflict pain on my long absent son?
p. 73.4callous = unfeeling
Definitions:
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(1)
(callous) heartless (cruel lack of concern for other's feelings)
or an alternative spelling for callus--thickened skin that comes from rubbing as when having calluses on the hands from doing much work with a shovel - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)