Meaning of chalcenterous | Babel Free

Definitions

Having bowels of brass; tough.

rare

Examples

“Even when facing terrible danger, she was always stolidly chalcenterous.”

“The ghost of Mr. Woodhouse himself may stare⟳ and gasp at being told that this awful preparation, this culinary corpse-reviver, apparently suited only to chalcenterous persons or those at the point⟳ of death, is a very simple mutton broth with sippets in it.”

“[He] did not scruple to tire⟳ less chalcenterous workers.”

“Since the latter’s edition is intended ‘for general school and university use⟳’, it may look⟳ as if the youth of 1961 should be viewed as considerably less chalcenterous than their predecessors of 1685.”

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