callusy

English

Etymology

From callus +‎ -y.

Adjective

callusy (comparative more callusy, superlative most callusy)

1. Featuring or relating to a callus or calluses.

   callusy hands

   • 1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent‎, Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN:

     A few days before, I snicked my forefinger with the curved banana knife at the store, and a callusy scab toughened the ball of my fingertip.

   • 1991, Mary Gaitskill, Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Simon & Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 187:

     Her eyes radiated the gentlest strength I had ever experienced, her tough, hot, callusy hands supported me with the full intensity of her life.

   • 2011, Megan Abbott, The End of Everything‎, Reagan Arthur Books, →ISBN:

     I don't look at him, or even hear him anymore, but then I feel his big callusy hand on my wrist and my stomach somersaults and my breath rushes back into my mouth.

2. Resembling a callus or calluses (but different).

   callusy tumors

Synonyms

• (featuring or relating to a callus or calluses): callous, calloused, callused
• (both senses): callousy