{"def":{"short":"to petrify, i.e., (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous)","long":["to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus","metaphorically",["to make the heart dull","to grow hard, callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding"]]},"deriv":"apparently from πῶρος (a kind of stone)","pronun":{"ipa":"poˈro.o","ipa_mod":"powˈrow.ow","sbl":"pōroō","dic":"poh-ROH-oh","dic_mod":"poh-ROH-oh"}}