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Definition of Callow
1. Adjective. Young and inexperienced. "An unfledged lawyer"
Similar to: Inexperienced, Inexperient
Derivative terms: Fledgling
Definition of Callow
1. a. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
2. n. A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
Definition of Callow
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Bald. ¹
2. Adjective. Unfledged (of a young bird). ¹
3. Adjective. Immature, lacking in life experience. ¹
4. Adjective. Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis). Teneral. ¹
5. Adjective. Shallow or weak-willed. ¹
6. Adjective. Unburnt (of a brick) ¹
7. Noun. A callow young bird. ¹
8. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Callow
1. immature [adj -LOWER, -LOWEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Callow
Literary usage of Callow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"The slime is retreated in 16 (in other sections 8) additional callow cells, ...
The concentrates made both on the primary and the secondary callow cells are ..."
2. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1917)
"Prior to the comparative test of merit between the callow and Cole- Bergman ...
The callow pneumatic notation. process was recommended for installation in ..."
3. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"callow CONE TEST ON BUTTE COPPER SLIMES. The tanks recovered 62.5% of the solids
contained in the feed, reduced the same to 16.6% of its original bulk, ..."
4. History of the Western Reserve by Harry Gardner Cutler, Harriet Taylor Upton (1910)
"He has recently refused a good offer for his land. Henry callow ... Charles callow,
brother of Edmund callow, was born May 31, ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"No differences of the magnitude quoted by Mr. callow resulted when improved ...
I will not in any way deny that when Mr. callow, upon the invitation of the ..."
6. The Visitation of the County of Gloucester: Taken in the Year 1623 by Henry Chitting, John Philipot, William Camden, John Maclean, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1885)
"Charles callow 1675. William Mich and Ellen callow 1677. ... John Young and Mary
callow of this parish 1691. Mary, d. of John callow and Elizabeth his wife, ..."
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