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1 callowness
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callowness — callow ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. DERIVATIVES callowly adverb callowness noun. ORIGIN Old English, «bald», probably from Latin calvus bald , later «unfledged» … English terms dictionary
callowness — noun see callow … New Collegiate Dictionary
callowness — noun The condition of being callow; immaturity … Wiktionary
callowness — noun lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life • Syn: ↑jejuneness, ↑juvenility • Derivationally related forms: ↑juvenile (for: ↑juvenility), ↑jejune (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
callow — /ˈkæloʊ / (say kaloh) adjective 1. immature or inexperienced: a callow youth. 2. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged. –noun 3. an underburnt brick, softer than common or clinker brick. {Middle English and Old English calu, calw , bald, bare} …
callow — adjective Etymology: Middle English calu bald, from Old English; akin to Old High German kalo bald, Old Church Slavic golŭ bare Date: 1580 lacking adult sophistication ; immature < callow youth > • callowness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
callow — adjective (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. Derivatives callowly adverb callowness noun Origin OE calu bald , of W. Gmc origin, prob. from L. calvus bald , later unfledged … English new terms dictionary
callow — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. DERIVATIVES callowly adverb callowness noun. ORIGIN Old English, «bald», probably from Latin calvus bald , later «unfledged» … English terms dictionary
callowly — callow ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. DERIVATIVES callowly adverb callowness noun. ORIGIN Old English, «bald», probably from Latin calvus bald , later «unfledged» … English terms dictionary
immatureness — noun not having reached maturity • Syn: ↑immaturity • Ant: ↑maturity (for: ↑immaturity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑immature, ↑immature … Useful english dictionary
immaturity — noun not having reached maturity • Syn: ↑immatureness • Ant: ↑maturity • Derivationally related forms: ↑immature (for: ↑immatureness), ↑immature … Useful english dictionary