firstbornn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfəːs(t)bɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈfərs(t)ˌbɔrn/

Forms: see first adj., adv., and n.² and born adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: first adv., born adj.

Etymology: < first adv. + born adj.

A. n.

1. With the or possessive adjective.

a. A person who is the first child of his or her parents to be born. Also with plural agreement: those who are the first children of their parents to be born.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > first-born child

firstbornc1350

first-begottenc1384

first birtha1387

forbirtha1400

forthbirtha1400

primitivec1400

primogenitc1429

first-begot1551

primogeniture1596

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxxxiv. 8 Which smote þe first borne of Egipt.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3490 Þe firste born was rowȝe of hare, þe oþere childe sleiȝte & bare.

a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Laud) (1884) cxxxiv. §8. 455 He smote the first borne of egipt fro man til best.

c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) vi. 135 Criste was the first born, Afftir the lawe in his tendre age.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 81 The firstborne of God.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 27 One,..a fearefull slaughter made Of all the First-borne that the Memphians had.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 489 Jehovah..equal'd with one stroke Both her first born and all her bleating Gods.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 263. ⁋1 Camillus and his first-born dwell together.

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. ii. 7 The occupations of his mother would not conveniently permit her to suckle this her first-born at her own breast.

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. iii. iv. 293 Teresa was trying to teach her first-born to read.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxv. 241 He tried to make..political capital out of the desolation of his house and the blood of his first born.

1925 Amer. Mercury Jan. 126/1 It is, indeed, almost an axiom that the first-born of a Methodist pastor is bound to be a hard egg.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo v. 125 They were the firstborn of their families; they would never lack for anything in life.

2001 Jrnl. Asian Martial Arts 10 No. 2. 13 Kenden was Kentsu's firstborn and a son at that.

b. In extended use.Sometimes with the implication of priority or preference over other similar persons or things.

ΚΠ

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. M^v Like as a Mother ouer-charg'd with woe, Her onely chylde now laboring in death..Euen so with poore King Edward doth it fare, Leauing his Crowne, the first-borne of his care.

1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 52 Let it be the first-born of religious advisements and cautions to us, not to be fierce.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 96/1 A certain silly Scribler, the very First-born of Nonsensicality.

1807 S. T. Coleridge To Wordsworth 13 Of smiles spontaneous, and mysterious fear, The first-born they of Reason and twin-birth.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory v, in Poems 63 The love thou bearest The firstborn of thy genius.

1914 National Mag. May 281/1 Dancing, really the first-born of all the Arts.

1987 Times 2 Apr. 19/3 When the new publishing house of Bloomsbury launches today, its fictional first-born will be Trust by Mary Flanagan.

1996 M. Dove How to win any Consumer Competition 8 Now wouldn't it be nice if I could tell you that this worthy little slogan, my first-born, went on to be a winner?

2. As a count noun. A firstborn child. Chiefly in plural.rare before the 20th cent.

ΚΠ

1638 J. Ussher Immanuel 9 The rest likewise by the grace of adoption are all of them accounted as first-bornes.

1655 J. Owen Vindiciæ Evangelicæ xx. 465 As a clean beast in the room of a first born was to be offered a sacrifice to God.

1736 J. Hutchinson Use of Reason Recovered 308 The First-born of the eldest of Joseph's Line we suppose had the chief Right of sacrificing; and so some other First-borns.

1833 J. F. Watson Hist. Tales of Olden Time (1833) 244 Both those first borns died near each other.

1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius ii. 21 All praise to Him..By whom proud first-borns from their thrones are cast.

1928 G. B. Shaw Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism & Capitalism xi. 31 The gentry could intermarry and be succeeded by their firstborns.

1972 S. Fisher Female Orgasm (1973) i. 37 Female firstborns had less liberal ideas about sex than lastborns.

1996 A. Kazin Lifetime Burning in Every Moment 104 My mother, in rapture and tears after waiting so long for this, went alone to shul to recite the blessing on the birth of a first-born.

1999 Isis 90 334 Firstborns tend to identify and side with their parents in order to win their attention and approval.

B. adj.

a. That is born first, eldest.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born

eldestc1000

first-begottenc1350

first-gottena1382

firstbornc1384

first-gendereda1398

first-kinneda1400

oldest1478

ayne1483

first-conceived1574

eigne1586

eldest-born1608

primogenit1619

first-begot1671

primogenitala1706

old1706

primogenitary1827

primogenitive1842

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 7 Sche childide her firste born sone.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iii. viii. f. lv^v Cayn the fyrst borne child.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ii. f. xxxiii The first borne childe of a woman.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 4 Plead my successiue Title with your swords: I am his first borne sonne.

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxi. 15 If the first borne sonne be hers that was hated.

1685 A. Behn Pindarick Poem on Happy Coronation 17 When Demi-Gods with Mortals joyn'd, And brought the first-born Race of Hero's forth.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxi. 140 The Birth of a first-born Prince.

1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 250 He often called him ‘Son’; saying, ‘Alexa, his first-born son, was not dearer to him’.

1885 Trans. Clin. Soc. 18 375 Twenty-nine of Demme's children were first-born children, 17 were second-born, and 11 were later-born children.

1947 N. Jones Evergreen Land 29 Her first-born daughter was drowned in the creek near the Whitman mission.

1999 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 18 Dec. a4 He then ordered termination of the lives of all firstborn males.

2004 A. Levy Small Island xxiii. 235 The first-born child of Wilfred and Lillie Buxton.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. v. sig. C.iii The first borne griefe or Sorow that began, To shew it self, was this.

1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 43 One of his first-born arguments.

a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xi. 93 Instincts..the first-born faculties..that are presently espoused to their Virgin-objects.

1722 R. Blackmore Redemption i. 1 From the realms of night, God call'd the first-born beams of smiling light.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 701 The firstborn efforts of my youthful Muse.

1807 G. Crabbe Newspaper (rev. ed.) in Poems 186 Read your first-born Work a thousand Times.

1897 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Apr. 326 The Abbot.., knowing his friend's love for this, his ‘first-born’ work, sent him in his stead to make the regulation visit to their Algerian affiliation.

1907 J. Miller Light i. ix. 7 When she might laughing look upon God's first-born glory, holy Light.

1996 C. Ricks Ess. in Appreciation (2004) 222 These are the words of a novelist to whom this first-born novel, Adam Bede, had come late in life.

2007 Eve July 219/2 As my first-born brioche tart was delivered from the oven, I became completely over-excited.

†2. That is the right of the firstborn. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [adjective] > resting on hereditary right > relating to primogeniture

primogenitala1706

firstborn1770

primogenitary1827

primogenitive1842

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 256 Spontaneous joys..The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	firstborn
释义	firstbornn.adj. Brit. /ˈfəːs(t)bɔːn/, U.S. /ˈfərs(t)ˌbɔrn/ Forms: see first adj., adv., and n.² and born adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: first adv., born adj. Etymology: < first adv. + born adj. A. n. 1. With the or possessive adjective. a. A person who is the first child of his or her parents to be born. Also with plural agreement: those who are the first children of their parents to be born. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > first-born child firstbornc1350 first-begottenc1384 first birtha1387 forbirtha1400 forthbirtha1400 primitivec1400 primogenitc1429 first-begot1551 primogeniture1596 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxxxiv. 8 Which smote þe first borne of Egipt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3490 Þe firste born was rowȝe of hare, þe oþere childe sleiȝte & bare. a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Laud) (1884) cxxxiv. §8. 455 He smote the first borne of egipt fro man til best. c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) vi. 135 Criste was the first born, Afftir the lawe in his tendre age. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 81 The firstborne of God. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 27 One,..a fearefull slaughter made Of all the First-borne that the Memphians had. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 489 Jehovah..equal'd with one stroke Both her first born and all her bleating Gods. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 263. ⁋1 Camillus and his first-born dwell together. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. ii. 7 The occupations of his mother would not conveniently permit her to suckle this her first-born at her own breast. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. iii. iv. 293 Teresa was trying to teach her first-born to read. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxv. 241 He tried to make..political capital out of the desolation of his house and the blood of his first born. 1925 Amer. Mercury Jan. 126/1 It is, indeed, almost an axiom that the first-born of a Methodist pastor is bound to be a hard egg. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo v. 125 They were the firstborn of their families; they would never lack for anything in life. 2001 Jrnl. Asian Martial Arts 10 No. 2. 13 Kenden was Kentsu's firstborn and a son at that. b. In extended use.Sometimes with the implication of priority or preference over other similar persons or things. ΚΠ 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. M^v Like as a Mother ouer-charg'd with woe, Her onely chylde now laboring in death..Euen so with poore King Edward doth it fare, Leauing his Crowne, the first-borne of his care. 1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 52 Let it be the first-born of religious advisements and cautions to us, not to be fierce. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 96/1 A certain silly Scribler, the very First-born of Nonsensicality. 1807 S. T. Coleridge To Wordsworth 13 Of smiles spontaneous, and mysterious fear, The first-born they of Reason and twin-birth. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory v, in Poems 63 The love thou bearest The firstborn of thy genius. 1914 National Mag. May 281/1 Dancing, really the first-born of all the Arts. 1987 Times 2 Apr. 19/3 When the new publishing house of Bloomsbury launches today, its fictional first-born will be Trust by Mary Flanagan. 1996 M. Dove How to win any Consumer Competition 8 Now wouldn't it be nice if I could tell you that this worthy little slogan, my first-born, went on to be a winner? 2. As a count noun. A firstborn child. Chiefly in plural.rare before the 20th cent. ΚΠ 1638 J. Ussher Immanuel 9 The rest likewise by the grace of adoption are all of them accounted as first-bornes. 1655 J. Owen Vindiciæ Evangelicæ xx. 465 As a clean beast in the room of a first born was to be offered a sacrifice to God. 1736 J. Hutchinson Use of Reason Recovered 308 The First-born of the eldest of Joseph's Line we suppose had the chief Right of sacrificing; and so some other First-borns. 1833 J. F. Watson Hist. Tales of Olden Time (1833) 244 Both those first borns died near each other. 1866 J. H. Newman Dream of Gerontius ii. 21 All praise to Him..By whom proud first-borns from their thrones are cast. 1928 G. B. Shaw Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism & Capitalism xi. 31 The gentry could intermarry and be succeeded by their firstborns. 1972 S. Fisher Female Orgasm (1973) i. 37 Female firstborns had less liberal ideas about sex than lastborns. 1996 A. Kazin Lifetime Burning in Every Moment 104 My mother, in rapture and tears after waiting so long for this, went alone to shul to recite the blessing on the birth of a first-born. 1999 Isis 90 334 Firstborns tend to identify and side with their parents in order to win their attention and approval. B. adj. 1. a. That is born first, eldest. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born eldestc1000 first-begottenc1350 first-gottena1382 firstbornc1384 first-gendereda1398 first-kinneda1400 oldest1478 ayne1483 first-conceived1574 eigne1586 eldest-born1608 primogenit1619 first-begot1671 primogenitala1706 old1706 primogenitary1827 primogenitive1842 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke ii. 7 Sche childide her firste born sone. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iii. viii. f. lv^v Cayn the fyrst borne child. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke ii. f. xxxiii The first borne childe of a woman. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 4 Plead my successiue Title with your swords: I am his first borne sonne. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxi. 15 If the first borne sonne be hers that was hated. View more context for this quotation 1685 A. Behn Pindarick Poem on Happy Coronation 17 When Demi-Gods with Mortals joyn'd, And brought the first-born Race of Hero's forth. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxi. 140 The Birth of a first-born Prince. 1847 L. H. Kerr tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Servia 250 He often called him ‘Son’; saying, ‘Alexa, his first-born son, was not dearer to him’. 1885 Trans. Clin. Soc. 18 375 Twenty-nine of Demme's children were first-born children, 17 were second-born, and 11 were later-born children. 1947 N. Jones Evergreen Land 29 Her first-born daughter was drowned in the creek near the Whitman mission. 1999 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 18 Dec. a4 He then ordered termination of the lives of all firstborn males. 2004 A. Levy Small Island xxiii. 235 The first-born child of Wilfred and Lillie Buxton. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. v. sig. C.iii The first borne griefe or Sorow that began, To shew it self, was this. 1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 43 One of his first-born arguments. a1651 N. Culverwell Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) i. xi. 93 Instincts..the first-born faculties..that are presently espoused to their Virgin-objects. 1722 R. Blackmore Redemption i. 1 From the realms of night, God call'd the first-born beams of smiling light. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 701 The firstborn efforts of my youthful Muse. 1807 G. Crabbe Newspaper (rev. ed.) in Poems 186 Read your first-born Work a thousand Times. 1897 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Apr. 326 The Abbot.., knowing his friend's love for this, his ‘first-born’ work, sent him in his stead to make the regulation visit to their Algerian affiliation. 1907 J. Miller Light i. ix. 7 When she might laughing look upon God's first-born glory, holy Light. 1996 C. Ricks Ess. in Appreciation (2004) 222 These are the words of a novelist to whom this first-born novel, Adam Bede, had come late in life. 2007 Eve July 219/2 As my first-born brioche tart was delivered from the oven, I became completely over-excited. †2. That is the right of the firstborn. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [adjective] > resting on hereditary right > relating to primogeniture primogenitala1706 firstborn1770 primogenitary1827 primogenitive1842 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 256 Spontaneous joys..The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway. 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