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winged (adj.)
late 14c., past-participle adjective from wing (v.).
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wing (v.)c. 1600, "take flight;" 1610s, "fit with wings," from wing (n.). Meaning "shoot a bird in the wing" is from 1802, with figurative extensions to wounds suffered in non-essential parts. Verbal phrase wing it (1885) is said to be from a theatrical slang sense of an actor learning his lines in the wings before going onstage, or else not learning them at all and being fed by a prompter in the wings; but perhaps it is simply an image of a baby bird taking flight from the nest for the first time (the phrase is attested in this sense from 1875). Related: Winged; winging.
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Definitions of winged
winged (adj.)
having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind;
the winged feet of Mercury
winged (adj.)
very fast; as if with wings;
on winged feet
