pachydermic

adjective6

1. •
   Pertaining to the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata.

   • The position of the Walrus is between Sirenidia and Pachydermata ; they belong to the pachydermic order by structural evidences, and bear only analogies to the seals. — 1862
2. •
   Massive; elephantine.

   • Maybe that's why a state legislative committee, asked to recommend changes to Illinois' politically sleazy purchasing system. has called for a new bureaucracy of pachydermic proportions. — 1994
3. •
   Thick-skinned; insensitive.

   • On the contrary, we are studiously pachydermic and nobody ever accused us of being sensitive to public opinion, but really this thing is commencing to afiect even our nerves. — 1913
4. •
   Pertaining to or involving elephants.

   • "This," says the press agent, "was a test, of pachydermic memory which corroboratcs all that tradition and history assumes." — 1906
5. •
   Ponderous; slow and deliberate.

   • Have you ever noticed that you can practically see men thinking at a business conference, pachydermic with seriousness? — 1936
6. •
   Characterized by or characteristic of pachydermy.

   • Pachydermic changes may take place either in the interarytenoid commissure or in the mucous membrane covering the true vocal cords, or it may exist in a generally diffuse form within the larynx. — 1895