unfledged

[Pref. un- (1) and Eng. fledged.] 1. Literally: Not fledged; not yet furnished with feathers. "Here, then, our almost unfledged wings we try." Byron Occasional Prologue. 2. Figuratively : Not yet having attained to full growth and experience; unripe, immature. "But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd unfledg'd comrade." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 3. un-flěsh', v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. flesh.] To deprive of flesh; to reduce to a skeleton. ( Ann andale. ) *un-fleshed', a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. fleshed .] Not fleshed; not seasoned to blood; untrained. "A generous unflesh'd hound." Dryden: Cleomenes, v. un-fiěsh-lỹ, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. fleshly.] Spiritual, incorporeal. "Those unfleshly eyes with which they say the very air is thronged."- Reade : Cloister and Hearth , ch. 1. *un-flesh-ỹ, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. fleshy.] Bare of flesh; fleshle . "Ghastly Death's unfleshy feet." Davies: Muses Sacrifice , p. 13. un-flex-i-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. flex ible .] Not flexible; not easily bent; inflexible. ( Lit. & fig .) "If ever man gloried in an unflexible stiffne ."- Mil ton: Answer to Eikon Basilike , § 18.