callid

English

Etymology

From Latin callidus, from callere (“to be thick-skinned, to be hardened”), from callum, callus (“callous skin, callosity, callousness”).

Adjective

callid (comparative more callid, superlative most callid)

1. Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty.

Related terms

• callidity

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “callid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• clidal