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callow
cal·low C0041200 (kăl′ō)adj. Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature: a callow young man. [Middle English calwe, bald, from Old English calu.] cal′low·ness n.callow (ˈkæləʊ) adj1. lacking experience of life; immature2. (Zoology) rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers[Old English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic golú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus bald] ˈcallowness n
Callow (ˈkæləʊ) n (Biography) Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre directorcal•low (ˈkæl oʊ) adj. 1. immature or inexperienced: a callow youth. 2. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged. [before 1000; Middle English, Old English calu bald, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kale, Old High German chalo bald, Old Church Slavonic golŭ bare] cal′low•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | callow - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"fledgling, unfledgedinexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or training |
callowadjective inexperienced, juvenile, naive, immature, raw, untried, green, unsophisticated, puerile, guileless, jejune, unfledged Although he's 25, he still behaves like a callow youth in some ways.Translationscallow
callow Rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers callow Related to callow: abjectlySynonyms for callowadj inexperiencedSynonyms- inexperienced
- juvenile
- naive
- immature
- raw
- untried
- green
- unsophisticated
- puerile
- guileless
- jejune
- unfledged
Synonyms for callowadj young and inexperiencedSynonymsRelated Words |