Definition of callow Callow

/kæˈlow/ - [katlow] - cal•low

We found 14 definitions of callow from 5 different sources.

What does callow mean?

Adjective
callow - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
		fledgling, unfledged
		inexperienced, inexperient lacking practical experience or training

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callow (Noun)
A callow young bird.
callow (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.
callow (Adjective)
Bald.
callow (Adjective)
Unfledged of a young bird.
callow (Adjective)
Immature, lacking in life experience.
callow (Adjective)
Lacking color or firmness of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis. Teneral.
callow (Adjective)
Shallow or weak-willed.
callow (Adjective)
Unburnt.

callow
kal′ō, adj. not covered with feathers: unfledged, unbearded: inexperienced: low-lying and liable to be submerged.—n. an alluvial flat. [A.S. calu; Ger. kahl, L. calvus, bald.]

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callow in sign language