unfletched en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + fletched.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not fletched or feathered.
an unfletched arrow
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Synonym of unfledged (“of a person: not yet fully grown or mature; lacking experience, like a novice or tyro; immature, inexperienced”).
[W]hile knovvledge he did vvant, / Our unfletch'd Author, vvrit a VVild Gallant.
1667 (revival performance), John Dryden, “Prologue to the Wild-Gallant Reviv’d”, in The Wild Gallant: A Comedy. […], In the Savoy [London]: […] T[homas] Newcomb for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1669, →OCLC: