English Dictionary
Definition of “callow”
callow (ˈkæləʊ
)
Definitions
adjective
- lacking experience of life; immature
- rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers
Alternative Forms
ˈcallowness noun Word Origin
Old English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic golú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus bald
Synonyms
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inexperienced,
juvenile,
naïve,
immature,
raw,
untried,
green,
unsophisticated,
puerile,
guileless,
jejune,
unfledged,
Callow (ˈkæləʊ)
Definitions
noun
- Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director
Usage examples
People are in awe of you, bowing down, almost worshipping you... and yet you behave like a callow youth in some ways.
Holt, Victoria, The Road to Paradise Island (1985)Maybe some callow radio type will ask that of Bob Brown this week.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)Then Jonny Wilkinson was a callow teenager finding his way under the tutelage of Rob Andrew.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)The College presumably hoped that commercial dependence would make such a callow operator more tractable.
Benjamin Woolley, THE HERBALIST: Nicholas Culpeper Rebel Physician (2004)
