full fledged

full-fledged

[fool-flejd]
adjective
1.
of full rank or standing: a full-fledged professor.
2.
fully developed.

Origin:
1880–85

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full-fledged
 
adj
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Full fledged is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
fully fledged or full-fledged
 
adj
1.  (of a young bird) having acquired its adult feathers and thus able to fly
2.  developed or matured to the fullest degree
3.  of full rank or status
 
full-fledged or full-fledged
 
adj

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full-fledged
1883 in figurative sense; see full (adj.) + fledge.
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