"Calculous" is a word in ENGLISH
Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a
calculous concretion.
Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus
or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as,
a calculous person.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve …
Read the complete definitionA calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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