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May 26, 2011 This week's theme Words to describe people This week's words tyro reactionary concupiscent callow panjandrum Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg callow PRONUNCIATION: (KAL-oh) MEANING: adjective: Inexperienced or immature. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English calu (bald, featherless). Earliest documented use: before 1000. USAGE: "Belva Davis was a young and callow rookie from a tiny black radio station in Oakland." Jerry Roberts; California Pioneer; The Santa Barbara Independent (California); Apr 21, 2011. Explore "callow" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Mausoleum, noun. The final and funniest folly of the rich. -Ambrose Bierce, author and editor (1842-1914)

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