单词 | unfledged |
释义 | unfledgedadj. 1. a. Not yet furnished or covered with feathers; callow; unfeathered. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > unfledged or not fully fledged featherlessc1460 implumec1540 callow1567 unfledge1581 unplumed1598 implumed1604 unfledgeda1616 pin-feathered1641 squab1706 implumous1755 fledgeless1769 callowy1823 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 27 We poore vnfledg'd Haue neuer wing'd from view o' th' nest. View more context for this quotation 1717 Poem Birthday K. George Now boldly dare, With unfletch'd Wings, Nobly to soar. 1752 S. Foote Taste i. 3 This superannuated Beldame gapes for Flattery, like a Nest of unfledged Crows for Food. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 235 The two-legged and unfledged species, called mankind. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 19/2 Two unfledged birds lying dead at the base of the wall. b. poetic. Of an arrow: = unfeathered adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > having feathers > not featherlessc1460 unplumed1598 unfeathered1611 unfledged1752 1752 E. Young Brothers ii. i Nor can he feather there his unfledg'd shaft But from ambition's wing. 2. Of things: Not fully developed; still in a crude or imperfect state. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature green?a1300 rawa1398 indigest1398 unmatured?a1425 unripea1500 unseasonable1515 unbuilded1519 inchoate1534 unripened1561 uncivil1572 unmellowed1573 unmanured1577 unblown1587 ungrown1593 unpolished1594 rudimental1597 rude1600 unsalted1602 unseasoned1602 unlicked1612 embryon1613 unbakeda1616 unbloweda1616 unfledged1615 unmellow1615 sappya1627 embryous1628 unconcocteda1631 unkneaded1633 immature1635 sucking1648 vacuous1651 embryo1659 unelaborate1663 unmature1673 unformed1689 undeveloped1736 infantile1772 uncultivated1796 unelaborated1817 fetal1820 embryotic1823 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 sophomoric1837 seedling1843 rudimentary1851 unwrought1869 juvenescent1875 vealy1890 under-developed1892 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 50 You that..betake to worser parts Your vnfledg'd fancies. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V xxxvii, in Poems (1878) IV. 110 Vnfledg'd Witt Imp't from the ragged Sarcill Chaucer drop't. 1790 Sir J. Reynolds in Leslie & Taylor Life & Times (1865) II. x. 592 Newly hatched, unfledged opinions. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. x. 102 Alas, poor people, of an unfledged will. 3. Of persons: Immature, inexperienced, undeveloped in knowledge, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective] unwistc1374 unknowna1393 ignorantc1475 imperfect1508 rawa1513 unskilfula1547 imperite?1550 illiterate1556 strange1561 unacquainted1565 green-headed1569 unacquainted1581 unacquaint1587 unfledged1603 inexperienced1626 guiltless1667 inexperient1670 unconversanta1674 unversed1675 uninitiated1678 a stranger to1697 uninitiate1801 inconversant1802 lay1821 griffish1836 wet behind the ears1851 neophytic1856 griffinish1860 experienceless1875 neophytish1897 wet-eared1967 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 65 But do not dull the palme with entertaine, Of euery new vnfleg'd courage. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant 2nd Prol. sig. A4 By such degrees, while knowledge he did want, Our unfletch'd Author, writ a Wild Gallant. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 305. ¶15 This Society of unfledged Statesmen. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxx. 7 The unfledged race of ensigns, who infest our streets. 1824 J. W. Doyle Def. of Vindic. of Princ. of Irish Catholics 87 To stare with wonder..at what appears strange only because it is unknown to some unfledged traveller or essayist. 4. Pertaining to, characteristic of, youth and inexperience. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > young and inexperienced younga1200 callow1580 coltisha1586 pen-feathered1598 kitling1604 unfledgeda1616 codlinged1661 calfish1772 cubbish1819 vealy1890 preppy1900 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > not used or experienced youngOE inexpertc1450 unfleshed1542 green1548 fresha1557 callow1580 pen-feathered1598 puisne1598 puny1602 unfledgeda1616 inexperienced1626 pin-feathered1641 sucking1648 infledgeda1661 inexperient1670 fledgeless1769 wet behind the ears1851 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 80 In those vnfledg'd dayes, was my Wife a Girle. View more context for this quotation 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 207 I am but as a bird from the nest, and this is the first of my unfledged excursions. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 172 My unfledged youth might lead him to take me for some graceless little truant. 1881 World 28 Dec. She has lost the innocence of unfledged girlhood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603 |
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