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Fledgling

//ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Untried or inexperienced. not-comparable

    "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. 2
    Emergent or rising. not-comparable

    "Harry Boland was born in Dublin in 1884 and educated with his younger brother Gerry in Clontarf. His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA. Harry Boland fought at the GPO in April 1916 and was interned in Dartmoor and Lewes jail."

Adjective
  1. 1
    young and inexperienced wordnet
  2. 2
    (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
  2. 2
    young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying wordnet
  3. 3
    An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
  4. 4
    any new participant in some activity wordnet
  5. 5
    An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. figuratively

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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