fledgling
/ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.10 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Untried or inexperienced.
noun
A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
noun
An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Less than 24 hours later, Aker’s fledgling green energy and technology unit, Aker Horizons, revealed it had landed a bigger catch, with its planned purchase of Roscommon native Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power for up to €1 billion."
Etymology
Etymology tree English fledge Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English fledgling From fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.