Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Calloused |
CallousedAdjective1. Having skin made tough and thick through wear. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "calloused" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1899. (references) |
Synonym: CallousedSynonym: thickened (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | The big hands were calloused, ("Lucille"; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Calloused" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 58.82% of the time. "Calloused" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 58.82% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 29.41% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 11.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
calloused foot | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "calloused"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hebrew | יבלולי (corny, horny handed, warty). (various references) | |
Indonesian | membelulang, berbelulang. (various references) | |
Italian | incallito (crusted, engrained, hardened, inveterate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allousedcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | calejado (case-hardened, experienced driver, salted). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "calloused": uncalloused. (additional references) | |
| |
"Calloused" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: callaused, callouse, callouses, calouse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "calloused" (pronounced ka"lust) |
| 5 | -a" l u s t | ballast. |
| 4 | -l u s t | ablest, agriculturalist, analyst, bicyclist, capitalist, catalyst, cellist, colonialist, conversationalist, coolest, cruelest, cyclist, dullest, editorialist, environmentalist, federalist, finalist, formalist, fullest, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, idealist, imperialist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, journalist, littlest, loyalist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, motorcyclist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, noblest, novelist, palest, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, simplest, smallest, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, tallest, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist, violist, vocalist. |
| 3 | -u s t | abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-l-l-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: callused, colludes. | |
-2 letters: alludes, aludels, callose, callous, caudles, cedulas, coleads, collude, duellos, locales, loculed, locules, ocellus, sculled, solaced. | |
-3 letters: aldols, aldose, allods, allude, aludel, called, callus, caudle, caulds, caules, caused, cedula, cellos, clades, clause, closed, clouds, coaled, colead, coleus, culled, dalles, decals, duello, escudo, ladles, locale, locals, locule, loused, oscula, oscule, sauced, scaled, solace, souled, sulcal. | |
-4 letters: acold, aldol, alecs, allod, aloes, aloud, cades, calls, calos, cased, cauld, cauls, cause, cella, cello, cells, clade, clads, clods, close, cloud, clued, clues, coals, codas, codes, coeds, colas, colds, coled, coles, coude, could, culls, daces, dales, deals, decal, decos, dells, dolce, doles, dolls, douce, douse, duals, ducal, duces, duels, dulls, dulse, laced, laces, lades, ladle, lased, lauds, leads, leuds, loads, local, locus, lodes, losel, louse, luces, ludes, ollas, ousel, salol, sauce, scald, scale, scall, scold, scudo, scull, slued, socle, soled. | |
-5 letters: aced, aces, ados, alec, ales, alls, aloe, also, auld, cade, cads, call, calo, case, caul, cell, cels, clad, clod, clue, coal, coda, code, cods, coed, cola, cold, cole, cols, cuds, cued, cues, cull, dace, dale, dals, deal, deco, dell, dels, docs, does, dole, doll, dols, dose, dual, duce, duel, dues, dull, duos, ecus, elds, ells, lace, lacs, lade, lads, lase, laud, lead, leal, leas, leud, load, loca, lode, lose, loud, luce, lude, lues, ocas, odea, odes, olds, olea, oles, olla, ouds, sade, sale, sall, saul, scad, scud, seal, sell, sled, sloe, slue, soda, sola, sold, sole, soul, sued, udos, used. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-l-l-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: uncalloused. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6C 6C 6F 75 73 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .-.. .-.. --- ..- ... . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a l l o u s e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006C 006C 006F 0075 0073 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376778788187857170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
