Definition of Callowest

1. Adjective. (superlative of callow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Callowest

1. callow [adj] - See also: callow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Callowest

callosomarginal fissure
callosomarginal sulcus
callosotomy
callosumectomy
callous
calloused
callouses
callousing
callously
callousness
callousnesses
callout
callouts
callow
callower
callowest
callowness
callownesses
callows
calls
calls in
calls of nature
calls off
calls out
calls to mind
calls to order
calls up
callsign
callsigns
calluna

Literary usage of Callowest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Spelling and Spelling Reform by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1909)
"... or the callowest of story-tellers considers himself as much entitled to speak- with authority on the subject as he who has devoted years of study to its ..."

2. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1905)
"There is no ultimate question in which the most expert mind is interested, which the callowest youth of normal parts cannot himself glimpse. ..."

3. Shakespeare on the Stage. 2d Series by William Winter (1915)
"... and clown-like grimace, would have disgraced the callowest amateur that ever afflicted his friends in back-parlor entertainments at a country house. ..."

4. Human Documents: Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Men by Herbert Spencer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Everett Hale, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, Hamlin Garland, Robert Barr (1895)
"The callowest curate is sure of a respectful listener in the foremost Englishman of the day. On the other hand, in private conversation the premier does not ..."

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