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callid

callid adjective: cunning or shrewd; crafty.

Adjective

callid (comparative more callid, superlative most callid)

  1. (archaic) cunning or shrewd; crafty.

Forms of callid

comparativemore callid
superlativemost callid

Origin of callid

From Latin callidus, from callere (“to be thick-skinned, to be hardened”), from callum, callus (“callous skin, callosity, callousness”).

Questions about callid

What does callid mean?
Callid means cunning or shrewd; crafty.
What part of speech is callid?
Callid is an adjective.

Words near callid in the dictionary

  1. callicoes
  2. Callicoon
  3. callicos
  4. Callicutt
  5. Callicutts
  6. callid
  7. callidin
  8. callidities
  9. callidity
  10. callidulid
  11. callidulids

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