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1. • Immature or inexperienced

     • cal•low /ˈkæloʊ/ adj. immature or inexperienced: a callow youth of no experience.
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   How many meanings does the word Callow have?

   • There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word callow, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word callow? How is the word callow pronounced? Where does the word callow come from?

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   What is the relationship between Callow and baldness?

   • The Connection Between Callow and Baldness You might not expect a relationship between the word callow and baldness, but callow comes from calu, a word that meant "bald" in Middle English and Old English. By the 17th century, callow had come to mean "without feathers" and was applied to young birds not yet ready for flight.

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   What is a callow youth?

   • a callow youth. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged. a recently hatched worker ant. rare. That was what I sought when, as a callow and hormonal high school student, I first discovered Lawrence. Anyone going through Prozac Nation can certainly find plenty of callow moments when Wurtzel does whine.

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   What is a callow bird?

   • By the 17th century, callow had come to mean "without feathers" and was applied to young birds not yet ready for flight. The term was also used for those who hadn't yet spread their wings in a figurative sense.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCALLOW | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CALLOW definition: 1. Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little…. Learn more.

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     CALLOW meaning: 1. Someone, especially a young person, who...

   • Znaczenie Callow, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     CALLOW definicja: 1. Someone, especially a young person, who...

   • Traditional

     CALLOW translate: （尤指年輕人）幼稚的;不自信的;不諳世事的. Learn more in the...

   • Callow in Simplified Chinese

     CALLOW translate: （尤指年轻人）幼稚的;不自信的;不谙世事的. Learn more in the...

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   The meaning of CALLOW is lacking adult sophistication : immature. How to use callow in a sentence. The Connection Between Callow and Baldness

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   What does the word callow mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word callow , five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   CALLOW meaning: 1. Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows they have little…. Learn more.

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   Callow definition: immature or inexperienced. See examples of CALLOW used in a sentence.

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   If you're a rookie or new to something, you could be described as callow — like callow freshmen in high school or the callow receptionist who can't figure out how to transfer a call. The word callow comes from the Old English word calu , which meant "bald or featherless."

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