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άπειρος — meaning in English

apeiros

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English meaning

  • callow adj Immature, inexperienced, or naive.
  • fledgling noun A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly.
  • inexperienced adjective Lacking the knowledge or skill gained from doing something before; new to it.
  • infinite adj Without limits or end; endless in size, extent, or number.

Senses

άπειρος is used for these senses in English:

  • callow (figurative) Lacking life experience; immature, inexperienced, naive; also, of or relating to something immature or inexperienced.
  • fledgling Untried or inexperienced.
  • inexperienced Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience.
  • infinite Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. [from 15th c.]

callow — full definition

  1. adj Immature, inexperienced, or naive.
  2. adj Having no hair; bald, bare, hairless.
  3. adj Of a brick: unburnt.
  4. adj Of a young bird, or (part of) its body: having not developed feathers yet; featherless, unfledged; hence, of other animals or their bodies: having no fur or hair; furless, hairless, unfurred.

fledgling — full definition

  1. noun A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly.
  2. noun A person or organization that is new and still inexperienced.
  3. adj New and still developing; not yet established.

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