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fledgling

adj
/ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻ — “to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”
  2. inherited from *flugjaz✻ — “able to fly, fledged”
  3. inherited from *flugi✻
  4. inherited from *flyċġe✻ — “able to fly, fledged”
  5. inherited from flegge
  6. suffixed as fledgling — “fledge + ling”

Definitions

  1. Untried or inexperienced.

    • His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale.

  2. Emergent or rising.

  3. A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or…

      An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.

    2. An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA