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   callow

   /ˈkaləʊ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a young person) inexperienced and immature: "earnest and callow undergraduates"

   Word Origin Old Englishcalu ‘bald’, of West Germanic origin, probably from Latin calvus ‘bald’. This was extended to mean ‘unfledged’, which led to the present sense ‘immature’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. callowly adverb
   • 2. callowness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • W

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