callow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite young and inexperienced
    fledgling; unfledged.
    • a fledgling enterprise
    • a fledgling skier
    • an unfledged lawyer

WordNet

Cal"low adjective
Etymology
OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.
Definitions
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
    An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden.
  2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.
    I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play [1675].
Cal*low" noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Named from its note. A kind of duck. See Old squaw.

Webster 1913