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callow
[ kal-oh ]
/ ˈkæl oʊ /
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adjective
immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.
noun
a recently hatched worker ant.
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Origin of callow
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English calu “bald”; cognate with Dutch kaal, German kahl “bald,” Old Church Slavonic golŭ “bare”
OTHER WORDS FROM callow
cal·low·ness, nounWords nearby callow
callosity, Callot, callous, callousness, callout, callow, Calloway, call rate, call sign, call slip, call someone's bluff
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British Dictionary definitions for callow (1 of 2)
callow
/ (ˈkæləʊ) /
adjective
lacking experience of life; immature
rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers
Derived forms of callow
callowness, nounWord Origin for callow
Old English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic golú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus bald
British Dictionary definitions for callow (2 of 2)
Callow
/ (ˈkæləʊ) /
noun
Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director
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