Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

callid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-lid
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

cunning or shrewd; crafty.

Archaic

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin callum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. 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”).

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more callid (comparative) most callid (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

callidity

Questions

What does callid mean?: cunning or shrewd; crafty.
Where does callid come from?: Etymology tree Latin callum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. 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”).

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