单词 | fledgy |
释义 | fledgyadj. a. Of wings: Furnished with feathers, feathered. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Hee flitters swiftly with wynges ful fledgye beplumed. b. Of young bees: Ready to fly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > ready to fly fledgy1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 12 They [sc. bees] do foorth carry theyre yoong swarme fledggie to gathring. 2. Covered with feathers, feathery. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] featheredc1300 penneda1398 well-feathered1525 well-plumed1575 plumy1590 feathery1637 well-fledged1650 pennigerous1656 plumigerous1656 penniferous1722 flighted1735 plumaged1777 fledgy1818 plumulose1826 1818 J. Keats Staffa 41 Where a fledgy sea-bird choir Soars for ever! a1821 J. Keats Otho ii. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 147 The swan, soft leaning on her fledgy breast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1582 |
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