CALLOW

fledgling, unfledged, callow

(adjective) young and inexperienced; “a fledgling enterprise”; “a fledgling skier”; “an unfledged lawyer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

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.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• low-cal

Proper noun

Callow (plural Callows)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Callow is the 22026^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1177 individuals. Callow is most common among White (94.65%) individuals.

Anagrams

• low-cal

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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