- malacodermous
- Soft skinned
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
malacodermous
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malacodermous — malacodermous, a. Nat. Hist. (mæləkəʊˈdɜːməs) [f. Gr. µαλακόδερµος soft skinned (f. µαλακός soft + δέρµα skin) + ous.] Soft skinned; = malacoderm A. in Mayne Expos. Lex.; and in recent Dicts … Useful english dictionary
malacia — n. softening of tissue; craving for a certain food. ♦ malacodermous, a. having soft skin. ♦ malacology, n. study of molluscs. ♦ malacophonous, a. soft voiced. ♦ malactic, a. emollient … Dictionary of difficult words
