callow

cal·low (k

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adj.

Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature: a callow young man.

[Middle English calwe, bald, from Old English calu.]

callow·ness n.

callow [ˈkæləʊ]

adj

1. lacking experience of life; immature

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Rare (of a young bird) unfledged and usually lacking feathers

[Old English calu; related to Old High German kalo, Old Slavonic golú bare, naked, Lithuanian galva head, Latin calvus bald]

callowness n

Callow [ˈkæləʊ]

(Biographies / Callow, Simon (1949 M, British, THEATRE: actor, THEATRE: theatre director, WRITING: author) Simon. born 1949, British actor and theatre director

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Adj.

callow - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"

fledgling, unfledged

inexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or training

callow

adjective inexperienced, juvenile, naive, immature, raw, untried, green, unsophisticated, puerile, guileless, jejune, unfledged Although he's 25, he still behaves like a callow youth in some ways.

Translations

callow [ˈkæləʊ] ADJ (= immature) [youth] → imberbe, bisoño

callow [ˈkæləʊ] adj [youth] → sans expérience (de la vie)
call sign call signal n → indicatif m (d'appel)
call-up [ˈkɔːlʌp] n

(= military service) → appel m (sous les drapeaux)

(British) (= selection for team) → sélection f
call-up papers npl → papiers mpl militaires

callow

adj → unreif; ideas etc → unausgegoren; a callow youth → ein grüner Junge (inf)

callow [ˈkæləʊ] adj → immaturo/a

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actor calf callowness fledgling fresh Green immature inexperienced juvenile naive raw seasoned tender unfledged versed worldly-wise Young	And then our jolly little nest here would be broken up -- and we poor callow nestlings thrown out on the cruel world of boardinghouses again. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context Jansenius, feared for Agatha, who, time after time when a callow gentleman of wealth and position was introduced to her, drove him brusquely away as soon as he ventured to hint that 200 his affections were concerned in their acquaintanceship. An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context "Don't be surprised at that," returned the musician; "for with the callow poets of our day the way is for every one to write as he pleases and pilfer where he chooses, whether it be germane to the matter or not, and now-a-days there is no piece of silliness they can sing or write that is not set down to poetic licence. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context	Callitriche Callitris Callitris calcarata Callitris cupressiformis Callitris endlicheri Callitris glauca Callitris glaucophylla Callitris parlatorei Callitris quadrivalvis Callomania callop Callophis Callorhinus Callorhinus ursinus Callosan callose callosectomy callosity callosotomy Callosum Callot callous calloused callously Callousness callow Calloway callowness Calluna Calluna vulgaris callus calm calm air calm down calmative Calmer calming calmly calmness calmodulin Calmucks Calmy Calnada pea Calocarpum Calocarpum zapota Calocedrus Calocedrus decurrens Calochortus Calochortus albus Calochortus amabilis Calochortus amoenus	Callot, Jacques Callot, Jacques callous callous callous callous callous callous ulcer callous ulcer callous ulcer callous ulcer calloused calloused calloused callouses callouses callouses callouses callouses callousing callousing callousing callously callously callously callousness callousness callousness Callovian Callovian Stage callow Callow flotation cell Callow process Callow screen Callow, Simon Calloway Calloway Calloway Calloway County Calloway County, Kentucky Calloway County, KY Calloway, Cab Calloway, Cab Calloway, Cab callower callower callower callowly callowly callowly callowness callowness callowness Callparty Number Information Callpath Services Architecture Callpilot calls calls calls calls calls

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And then our jolly little nest here would be broken up -- and we poor callow nestlings thrown out on the cruel world of boardinghouses again.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

Jansenius, feared for Agatha, who, time after time when a callow gentleman of wealth and position was introduced to her, drove him brusquely away as soon as he ventured to hint that 200 his affections were concerned in their acquaintanceship.

An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

"Don't be surprised at that," returned the musician; "for with the callow poets of our day the way is for every one to write as he pleases and pilfer where he chooses, whether it be germane to the matter or not, and now-a-days there is no piece of silliness they can sing or write that is not set down to poetic licence.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

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