Definition of "new-fledged" []

• Wearing the first feathers; lately fledged.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "After a two-decade lapse, new-fledged fen bid for the 1981 Worldcon."
• "With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast: –"
• "What surprised him was that any one possessing virtue should deign to ask money as its price instead of simply finding his rward in the acquisition of an honest friend, as if the new-fledged soul of honour could forget her debt of gratitude to her greatest benefactor."