callow

  • 1Callow — could refer to:;Places *County Carlow Republic of Ireland *Callow, Derbyshire *Callow, Herefordshire *Callow, Shropshire;People *Simon Callow, actor *Phillip Callow, writer …

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  • 2Callow — Cal low, a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. [1913 Webster] An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o er the callow young, a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Callow — Cal*low , n. (Zo[ o]l.) [Named from its note.] A kind of duck. See {Old squaw}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4callow — index inexperienced, jejune (lacking maturity), juvenile, naive, puerile, uncouth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5callow — O.E. calu bare, bald, prob. from W.Gmc. *kalwaz (Cf. M.Du. calu, Du. kaal, O.H.G. kalo, Ger. Kahl), perhaps from L. or Celt. From young birds with no feathers, meaning extended to any young inexperienced thing or creature (1570s). Apparently not… …

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  • 6callow — green, crude, raw, *rude, rough, uncouth Analogous words: puerile, boyish, juvenile, *youthful: naive, ingenuous, simple, unsophisticated, artless, *natural: adolescent, pubescent (see corresponding nouns at YOUTH) Antonyms: full fledged, grown… …

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  • 7callow — [adj] immature crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, jellybean*, juvenile, kid, low tech*, naive, not dry behind ears*, puerile, raw, sophomore, tenderfoot, unbaked, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young; …

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  • 8callow — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. DERIVATIVES callowly adverb callowness noun. ORIGIN Old English, «bald», probably from Latin calvus bald , later «unfledged» …

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  • 9callow — [kal′ō] adj. [ME calwe < OE calu, bare, bald < IE base * gal , bald, naked > L calvus, bald, Czech holý, naked, Ger kahl, bald] 1. still lacking the feathers needed for flying; unfledged 2. young and inexperienced; immature callowness n …

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  • 10Callow — Simon Callow (* 13. Juni 1949 in London, Großbritannien) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Leben und Werk Callow studierte an der Queen s University in Belfast. Er debütierte als Schauspieler im Film Amadeus (1984). Im Film Vier Hochzeiten und ein …

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