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Word of the Day – Callow

By October 13, 2019Word of the Day

Callow (adj)

ka-low

(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

Old English calu ‘bald’, of West Germanic origin, probably from Latin calvus ‘bald’. This was extended to mean ‘unfledged’, which led to the present sense ‘immature’.

Example sentences

“As callow freshers they knew no better.”

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