ξήροψις
From LSJ
ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια δεινὴ τοῖς κατὰ μικρὸν ἐνοικειουμένοις πάθεσι πόρρω προαγαγεῖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον → for habituation has a strange power to lead men onward by a gradual familiarization of the feelings
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξήροψις: -εως, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἔχων ξηρὰν ὄψιν τοῦ προσώπου, ἰσχνὸν πρόσωπον, Μαλαλ. 303, 10.