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View synonyms for leathery

leathery

[ leth-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.


leathery

/ ˈlɛðərɪ /

adjective

  1. having the appearance or texture of leather, esp in toughness


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Derived Forms

  • ˈleatheriness, noun

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Other Words From

  • leather·i·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of leathery1

First recorded in 1545–55; leather + -y 1

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Example Sentences

They sport a leathery, crackle-textured skin and glow with salt-and-pepper zest.

A thick, leathery exterior makes chewing them as much fun as tasting them.

Hard-caught game gets something feral and gnarled—Côte-Rôtie or a leathery Hermitage.

Best known for their leathery shells, some species can roll into a ball when threatened.

The stretchy, leathery ring keeps you hard while the eyelashes tickle the vadge.

Out of the invisible240 country marched a huge beast with a thick, leathery skin and a surprisingly long neck.

As those leathery faces crack into lines through the dust I sense sincerity.

They show their distant relationship to birds in that their large eggs are incased in a leathery, limy shell.

Mr. Simeon Browns usual demeanour was that of the most leathery imperturbability.

With great fanged beak out-stretched, it was flapping through the air on leathery wings.

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