full-fledged
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adjective
1.
of full rank or standing: a full-fledged professor.
2.
fully developed.
Origin:
1880–85
1880–85
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Full-fledged
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| 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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Example sentences
She developed a stress fracture in her hip and didn't stop even after it became a full-fledged break.
And one doesn't have to be a full-fledged psychopath to share some of the psychopath's antisocial propensities.
But it still grew full-fledged fins made of rays and other fin tissues.
The funnel then built upwards to the cloud base for a full-fledged tornado.
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