Incallous
/ɪnˈkæl.əs/noun
Not callous; lacking hardness, insensitivity, or emotional indifference.
Did you know?The word is built with the negative prefix in- plus callous, whose Latin ancestor described thick, hardened skin before it came to describe an emotionally hardened person.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kal-
“Hard; possibly associated with hardness or a hard surface.”
Classical Latin
Latin
callum
“Hard skin, especially a thickened or hardened area.”
Classical Latin
Latin
callōsus
“Thick-skinned, hardened, or covered with calluses.”
Middle English
Anglo-French/Latin
calous
“Hardened or thickened, especially of the skin.”
16th Century
English
callous
“Physically hardened; later, emotionally insensitive or unfeeling.”
Modern English
English
incallous
“Not callous; not hardened or insensitive.”
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