Definitions for callowˈkæl oʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cal•lowˈkæl oʊ(adj.)
immature or inexperienced:
a callow youth.
(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of callow:
bef. 1000; ME, OE calu bald, c. MD, MLG kale, OHG chalo bald, OCS golŭ bare
cal′low•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
fledgling, unfledged, callow(adj)
young and inexperienced
"a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
Wiktionary
callow(Noun)
A callow young bird.
callow(Noun)
A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.
callow(Adjective)
Bald.
callow(Adjective)
Unfledged (of a young bird).
callow(Adjective)
Immature, lacking in life experience.
Those three young men are particularly u201Ccallow youthsu201D.
callow(Adjective)
Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis). Teneral.
callow(Adjective)
Shallow or weak-willed.
callow(Adjective)
Unburnt (of a brick)
Origin: From calwe, from calu, from kalwaz, from gAlw-. Cognate with kaal, kahl, голый.
Webster Dictionary
Callow(adj)
destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged
Callow(adj)
immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth
Callow(noun)
a kind of duck. See Old squaw
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Callow
an inland county in Leinster, Ireland; also the county town.
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