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Word entry · 6 letters

callow

Best crossword clue

"Young and inexperienced"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæləʊ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acllowStarts with CEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. young and inexperienced

Word origin

If not borrowed from Latin, Grimm’s law indicates that the Latin word is likely a false cognate, along with Persian کل (kal) and Sanskrit कुल्व (kulvá).

Used in a sentence

  • Through both the volumes, there is not a single original sentiment, description, or incident, and yet a callow reader may peruse it without perceiving any thing is wanting.
  • Then there was a little Chinese in full azure costume, with long gesticulating arms, and large callow head, who pertinaciously threw in his squeaky plea for Confucius in the most unsyntactical French.
  • There was a sense abroad as he spoke that the world was rocking together to great music, and this callow-headed professor by the table had caught a note of it.

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