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. (archaic) cunning or shrewd; crafty.

Related terms

• callidity

References

• “callid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• clidal