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winged

win·ged

UK/wɪnd͡ʒd/ US/wɪŋd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

having or as if having wings

  • “the winged feet of Mercury”
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2.

very fast; as if with wings

  • “on winged feet”
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Origin

From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.

Phrases

  • angular-winged katydid
  • bar-winged rail
  • bay-winged hawk
  • bird-winged butterfly
  • black-winged kite
  • black-winged pratincole
  • black-winged stilt
  • blue-winged grasshopper

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