Associations to the word «Callow»

Wiktionary

CALLOW, adjective. (obsolete) Bald.
CALLOW, adjective. Unfledged (of a young bird).
CALLOW, adjective. Immature, lacking in life experience.
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)
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.

Dictionary definition

CALLOW, adjective. Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer".

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