Meaning of CALLOW
| Pronunciation: | | 'kalow
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| | Definition: | | [adj] lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen" |
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| | Synonyms: | | immature, inexperienced, naive, unsophisticated |
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\Cal"low\, a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to
D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er
the callow young, a sparrow pressed. --Dryden.
2. Immature; boyish; ``green''; as, a callow youth.
I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid.
--Old Play
[1675].
\Cal*low"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) [Named from its note.]
A kind of duck. See {Old squaw}.
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