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单词 callowness
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callownessn.

Brit. /ˈkaləʊnəs/, U.S. /ˈkæloʊnəs/
Forms: see callow adj.1 and n.1 and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: callow adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < callow adj.1 + -ness suffix.
1. Baldness; lack of hair. Cf. callow adj.1 1. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [noun] > state of having no
baldnessa1382
alopeciaa1398
pillednessa1398
callownessa1400
bald-patedness1611
calvity1623
pattern baldness1916
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 358 (MED) Of lesynge of heer, or calowȝnes or allopucie.
2. The state or condition of being callow or unfledged; esp. immaturity, inexperience.
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the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young and inexperienced person > immaturity of young person
greenness?c1425
unripenessa1500
greenhead1588
coltishnessa1657
callowness1817
cubbishness1828
vealiness1895
preppiness1977
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > inexperience
rawness1548
novicie1582
inexperience1595
unexperience1611
unpractisedness1628
unexperiencedness1654
inexperiencedness1725
callowness1817
1817 F. A. Cox Female Script. Biogr. II. x. 347 That nest of callowness and weakness contains the same species with thyself.
1855 T. De Quincey Let. 11 Jan. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xviii. 90 Such advantage..as belongs to callowness or freshness this dream had.
1919 Times 7 Apr. 6/2 The chicks from a second laying are more likely to have the benefit of genial weather in the days of their callowness.
1977 N.Y. Times 27 Oct. c17/3 Confronted by the callowness of youth, she feels that she is useless.
1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 20/2 There is a deeper problem, though, than the callowness of the staff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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