calvish

English

Adjective

calvish (comparative more calvish, superlative most calvish)

Like a calf; stupid.
- 1655, Jakob Böhme, Concerning the Election of Grace:
  the vain bablings and long frivolous discourses of the Sophifters seduce thee with their Calvish understanding

References

“calvish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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