adj
Meaning 1
cunning or shrewd; crafty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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callid
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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”).