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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•low /ˈkæloʊ/USA pronunciation adj. - immature or inexperienced:a callow youth of no experience.
cal•low•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•low (kal′ō),USA pronunciation adj. - immature or inexperienced:a callow youth.
- Birds(of a young bird) featherless;
unfledged.
n. - Insectsa recently hatched worker ant.
- bef. 1000; Middle English, Old English calu bald; cognate with Dutch kaal, German kahl bald, Old Church Slavonic golù bare
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged untried, green, raw; naive, puerile, jejune.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mature, adult, experienced.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: callow /ˈkæləʊ/ adj - lacking experience of life; immature
Etymology: Old English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic golú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus baldˈcallowness n Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Callow /ˈkæləʊ/ n - Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director
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