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birthnight|ˈbɜːθnaɪt|
[f. birth n.1 + night.]
1. The night on which any one is born.
1671Milton P.R. iv. 506 The Angelic Song in Bethlehem field, On thy birth-night. 1849Southey Com.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. 420 The fire..was extinguished on the birth-night of the Prophet.
2. ‘The night annually kept in memory of anyone's birth’ (J.).
1628Dryden Relig. Laici Pref., Now they celebrate Queen Elizabeth's birthnight. 1798T. Jefferson in Harper's Mag. (1885) Mar. 536/2 Subscription for General Washington's birth night 5 D. a1845Hood Sea of Death, They lay in loveliness, and kept the birthnight of their peace.
†3. spec. The evening of a royal birthday (see birthday 2); the court-festival held thereon. Obs.
1712Budgell Spect. No. 277 ⁋9 That you may not be surprised at my appearing a la mode de Paris on the next Birth-night. 1730Swift Vind. Carteret Wks. 1755 V. ii. 181 To..dance at a birth-night.
b. attrib.
1712Pope Rape Lock i. 23 More glitt'ring than a Birth-night Beau. 1800M. Edgeworth Belinda iii, The crape petticoat of her birthnight dress. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl., Dropped a curtsy as low as a lady at a birth-night introduction. |