Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers.
- noun A young or inexperienced person.
- adjective New and untried or inexperienced.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young bird just fledged.
- noun Hence A raw or inexperienced person.
- Newly fledged; untried.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective prenominal having just acquired its flight feathers; -- of a young bird.
- adjective young and inexperienced.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective this sense?)
untried orinexperienced - noun literally A young
bird which has just developed itsflight feathers (notably wings). - noun figuratively An
immature , naïve and/or inexperienced person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any new participant in some activity
- adjective (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers
- noun young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
- adjective young and inexperienced
Etymologies
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Examples
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The site is in fledgling stages, so info and photos are lacking a bit, but I do think this site needs to branch out into sweetwater.
Talking Trash 2009
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LONDON — Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks on Britain, France or Germany.
Terrorist Plot Uncovered In Europe The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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LONDON — Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks on Britain, France or Germany.
Terrorist Plot Uncovered In Europe The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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LONDON — Police increased their guard around Buckingham Palace and other landmarks Wednesday as security officials monitored what they described as a fledgling terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other attacks on Britain, France or Germany.
Terrorist Plot Uncovered In Europe The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Lest anyone suspect that her head was turned by the exhilarating successes of the past year, however, she called her fledgling venture Abishag Productions.
Katherine Heigl Bennetts, Leslie 2008
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Here, he says that anyone who supports the United States in this occupation should be attacked, that is, the fledgling government here.
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Their instinct, though, is right on: having just the right trademark can make or break a fledgling product or technology.
Forbes.com: News Erika Morphy 2011
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Recalling the fledgling days in founding his 826 Valencia literary program for children, author Eggers called Kass his mentor.
SFGate: Top News Stories Catherine Bigelow 2011
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Recalling the fledgling days in founding his 826 Valencia literary program for children, author Eggers called Kass his mentor.
SFGate: Top News Stories Catherine Bigelow 2011
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MONTREAL - When Quebec politician Henri Bourassa proposed to call his fledgling newspaper Le Devoir - or The Duty - there were doubts even in his elevated circle as to whether a paper by that name devoted to harping on the theme of "public duty" would find a sustaining readership.
hernesheir commented on the word fledgling
Really like the -dgl- cluster this word is centered upon. Any other -dgl- examples, Wordnikies?
March 2, 2010
bilby commented on the word fledgling
ridgling - colt with undescended testicles. I don't know whose job it is to go around groping young 'orses but I'm glad it's not me.
sandglass has a different pronunciation of your pet cluster.
March 2, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word fledgling
sandglass also contains the -dgl- sequence; a consonant+blend combination different from that of fledgling.
March 2, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word fledgling
Thanks bilby!
March 2, 2010
bilby commented on the word fledgling
We could always make up some more.
"She was on a diet and only had two fudglings at the candy store."
March 2, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word fledgling
The Time Bandits were forever planting and repotting hedglings until they came into possession of The Map.
March 2, 2010
rolig commented on the word fledgling
It is interesting that the Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, one of the leading British spelling guides, recommends the spelling fledgling (not fledgeling). But of course, it approves the British spellings acknowledgement and judgement. Now why is that?
June 8, 2011