fledgling, unfledged, callow
(adjective) young and inexperienced; “a fledgling enterprise”; “a fledgling skier”; “an unfledged lawyer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
callow (comparative callower or more callow, superlative callowest or most callow)
Unfledged (of a young bird).
(by extension) Immature, lacking in life experience.
Antonyms: mature, experienced
Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis); teneral.
Shallow or weak-willed.
(of a brick) Unburnt.
Of land: low-lying and liable to be submerged.
(obsolete) Bald.
callow (countable and uncountable, plural callows)
A callow young bird.
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.
An alluvial flat.
• low-cal
Callow (plural Callows)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Callow is the 22026th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1177 individuals. Callow is most common among White (94.65%) individuals.
• low-cal
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"low, a. Etym: [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden.
2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play [1675].
Cal*low", n. (Zoöl.) Etym: [Named from its note.]
Definition: A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
