Lexic.us

Definition of Fledgeling

1. Adjective. (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers. "A fledgling robin"

2. Noun. Any new participant in some activity.

3. Noun. Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying.

Definition of Fledgeling

1. n. A young bird just fledged.

Definition of Fledgeling

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fledgling) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fledgeling

flecker fleckered fleckering fleckers flecking fleckless flecks flecky flection flectional

flections fled fledge fledged fledgeless fledgeling (current term) fledgeling(a) fledges fledgier fledgiest

fledging fledgling fledgling(a) fledglings fledgy flee fleece fleece worm fleeceable fleeced

Literary usage of Fledgeling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The tale of the armament of Igor. A.D. 1185: A Russian historical epic by Leonard Arthur Magnus (1915)
"... we two will shoot down the fledgeling with our gilded arrows ! ... If the hawk is flying to his nest we will fetter the fledgeling with a maiden fair. ..."

2. The Silence of Amor [and] Where the Forest Murmurs by William Sharp (1910)
"Seven weeks from the coming of the Voice to the hunger of the fledgeling seventeen weeks, and the fledgeling has left foster-parents and gone out upon the ..."

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