English Explanatory Dictionary

callid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. cunning or shrewd; crafty.

Word forms

callid more callid most callid

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin callum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin calleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin callidus English callid From Latin callidus, from callere (“to be thick-skinned, to be hardened”), from callum, callus (“callous skin, callosity, callousness”).

Related words

callidity
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