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callow
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[ˈkaləʊ], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a young person) inexperienced and immature
(e.g: earnest and callow undergraduates)
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Origin
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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’
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