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callowness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English calowʒnes (“baldness”), equivalent to callow + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian kealens (“baldness”).

  1. inherited from calowʒnes — “baldness”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being callow

    The condition of being callow; immaturity.

    • It is likely that historians will look back on American life and see it — with its truths and errors, its callownesses and obsessions and insights, its childishness and its power — as one of the memorable civilizations of history.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA