Newbie

• Tyro with a colorful instrument?
• Eco-politician one blasted as rookie
• Like sprouts and maize, hot not cold, for a starter
• An awkward and inexperienced youth
• An inexperienced kid not fully prepared to play an instrument
• Novice

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "young horned animal," from green (adj.) in sense of "new, fresh, recent" + horn (n.). Applied to new soldiers from c.1650; extended to any inexperienced person by 1680s.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greenhorn \Green"horn`\, n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. --W. Irving.

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