fledglingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/

Forms: Also fledgeling.

Etymology: < fledge adj. + -ling suffix¹.

1. A young bird just fledged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun] > fledgeling

plumerc1450

puler1611

fledgling1846

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Monthly Rev.).

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. i. 119 That wondrous stone which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 239 The tiny fledglings swim at once if alarmed.

2. figurative; esp. A raw and inexperienced person, one just starting on his career.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry iii Young fledglings pining madly for their enslavers.

1866 Reader 10 Feb. 148/2 The few ideas they have were hatched only yesterday; but the beauty and vitality of the fledglings they are so proud of, bear no proportion to their youth.

1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xlvi On emerging from the College, the fledgling should (as at Woolwich) take rank according to the impartial award of the educational authorities.

3. attributive (appositive) or as adj.

ΚΠ

1830 Ld. Tennyson Claribel 17 The fledgling [later edd. callow] throstle lispeth.

1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets xi. §3. 390 The style of fledgling poets.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Nov. 10/1 The little fledgling party which had hardly broken its shell..the Liberal Unionists.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fledgling
释义	fledglingn.adj. Brit. /ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/ Forms: Also fledgeling. Etymology: < fledge adj. + -ling suffix¹. 1. A young bird just fledged. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun] > fledgeling plumerc1450 puler1611 fledgling1846 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Monthly Rev.). 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. i. 119 That wondrous stone which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 239 The tiny fledglings swim at once if alarmed. 2. figurative; esp. A raw and inexperienced person, one just starting on his career. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry iii Young fledglings pining madly for their enslavers. 1866 Reader 10 Feb. 148/2 The few ideas they have were hatched only yesterday; but the beauty and vitality of the fledglings they are so proud of, bear no proportion to their youth. 1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xlvi On emerging from the College, the fledgling should (as at Woolwich) take rank according to the impartial award of the educational authorities. 3. attributive (appositive) or as adj. ΚΠ 1830 Ld. Tennyson Claribel 17 The fledgling [later edd. callow] throstle lispeth. 1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets xi. §3. 390 The style of fledgling poets. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Nov. 10/1 The little fledgling party which had hardly broken its shell..the Liberal Unionists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1830
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