callow

English - Turkish

Definition of callow in English Turkish dictionary

toy

acemi

yavru/toy

{i} basık arazi

kuş

çaylak

deneyimsiz

tüysüz

tüyleri bitmemiş basık

{s} tecrübesiz

{s} tüyleri bitmemiş (kuş)

callowness toyluk

{s} tüyleri bitmemiş

{s} basık

tecrübesizlik

acemi çaylak

Related Terms

callowness

{i} toyluk, tecrübesizlik

callowness

tüysüzlük

English - English

Definition of callow in English English dictionary

Bald

Lacking color (of some newly emerged adult insects)

Unburnt (of a brick)

Unfledged (of a young bird)

Shallow or weak-willed

Immature, lacking in life experience

Those three young men are particularly “callow youths”.

without experience of the world

Not having the experience and sophistication expected of an adult, or of one in a responsible position

{a} wanting fethers, unfledged, naked

See Old squaw

lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"

Bald (original meaning, now obsolete)

A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult. a callow youth. young and without experience - used to show disapproval = immature

Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth

{s} without feathers; inexperienced; very young

Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged

lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen

A kind of duck

Related Terms

callowness

The condition of being callow; immaturity

callowness

{i} lack of experience; immaturity

callowness

lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life

Hyphenation

cal·low

Turkish pronunciation

kälō

Synonyms

crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, jellybean, juvenile, kid, low tech, naive, not dry behind ears, puerile, raw, sophomore

Antonyms

experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated

Pronunciation

/ˈkalō/ /ˈkæloʊ/

Etymology

[ 'ka-(")lO ] (adjective.) 1580. From Middle English calwe (“bald”), from Old English calu (“bald”), from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bare, naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *gAlw- (“naked, bald”). Cognate with Dutch kaal (“bald”), German kahl (“bald”), Russian голый (gólyj, “nude”).