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单词 unfledge
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unfledgeadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1.
Obsolete.
= unfledge v.
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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
1581 T. Newton in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. Pref. Mine I confess to be an unflidge nestling, unhable to flye.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 570 The nightingales instruct their yoong birds in song, insomuch as those which be taken unfledge out of the nest,..never afterwards sing so well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

unfledgev.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfledge.
(un- prefix2 1b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of feathers or plumes
deplumec1420
unfeather1483
plume1525
unplume1566
unfledge1598
implume1604
displume1623
pelt1692
ploat1855
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Spennacchiare,..to vnfeather, to vnfledge, to vnplume.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 159 For fear he should unfledge me, by taking away my livery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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