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callowness

callowness noun: the condition of being callow; immaturity.

Noun

callowness (usually uncountable, plural callownesses)

  1. (usually) 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.1957, Max Lerner, America as a Civilization, page 61

Forms of callowness

pluralcallownesses

Origin of callowness

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

Questions about callowness

What does callowness mean?
Callowness means the condition of being callow; immaturity.
What part of speech is callowness?
Callowness is a noun.
What is the plural of callowness?
The plural of callowness is callownesses.

Words near callowness in the dictionary

  1. Calloways
  2. callower
  3. callowest
  4. Callowhill
  5. callowly
  6. callowness
  7. callownesses
  8. callows
  9. callrate
  10. callrates
  11. calls

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