Word of the Day for Monday June 27, 2005 callow \KAL-oh\, adjective: Immature; lacking adult perception, experience, or judgment. Those who in later years did me harm I describe as I knew them then, and I beg any reader to remember that, although I was hardly callow, I was not yet wise in the ways of the world. --Iain Pears, [1]An Instance of the Fingerpost George Black Jr was grateful that during his protracted courtship of Betty, his future father-in-law 'bore my callow unsophistication with benign indulgence'. --Richard Siklos, [2]Shades of Black They watched in awe as Revere, at first a callow and unambitious youth, began to develop into a serious young man dedicated to books and devoted to his father. --Sherwin B. Nuland, "The Saint," [3]New Republic, December 13, 1999 _________________________________________________________ Callow is from Old English calu, "featherless, bald." References 1. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425167720/ref=nosim/lexico 2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0433397497/ref=nosim/lexico 3. http://www.tnr.com/ Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=callow