calvish

English

Adjective

calvish (comparative more calvish, superlative most calvish)

1. 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.