Lexicographical Neighbors of Fledgy
Literary usage of Fledgy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"Trees Fledge the . . . mountains (Ode to Psyche, 54-5), a fledgy sea-bird
choir (Staffa, 41), the swan ... on her fledgy ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Rare words consist mostly of those which now and then appear in literature but
have never become common. Thus, fledgy for feathery, affright for fear, ..."
3. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"I have been the pontiff-priest, Where the waters never rest, Where a fledgy
sea-bird choir Soars forever ! ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Joseph Severn by William Sharp (1892)
"Here a fledgy sea-bird quire Soars for ever ; holy fire I have hid from mortal
man, Proteus is my Sacristan! But the dulled eye of mortal Has dar'd to pass ..."
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