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adjective
1.
immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
2.
(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.
noun
3.
a recently hatched worker ant.
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Callow
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is implicit. Does it mean:
| forbearing |
| implied, rather than expressly stated |
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English, Old English calu bald; cognate with Dutch kaal, German kahl bald, OCS golŭ bare
before 1000; Middle English, Old English calu bald; cognate with Dutch kaal, German kahl bald, OCS golŭ bare
Related forms
cal·low·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. untried, green, raw; naive, puerile, jejune.
1. untried, green, raw; naive, puerile, jejune.
Antonyms
1. mature, adult, experienced.
1. mature, adult, experienced.
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Example Sentences
- Nicklaus was enthralled the first time he played in the Masters in 1959 as a callow 19-year-old amateur.
- I'm a bit more vehement and vociferous than when I was a callow youth of around 30.
- Anyway, comments about my callow youthfulness or my "babbling" are more entertaining than anything else.
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Word Origin & History
callow
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 from L. calvus "bald."
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