单词 | callowness |
释义 | callownessn.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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