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单词 full-born
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full-bornadj.n.

Brit. /ˌfʊlˈbɔːn/, U.S. /ˌfʊlˈbɔrn/
Forms: see full adj., n.2, and adv. and born adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adv., born adj.
Etymology: < full adv. + born adj. With sense 2 compare Old Frisian fulberen, Langobardic fulboran, and (with prefixed participle) Middle Dutch volgeboren, Middle Low German vul gebōren (in vrī unde vul gebōren), all in sense ‘legitimate, lawfully begotten’ (usually implying noble or well-born descent).
1. Of a newborn infant: that has reached full term; fully formed and living; (figurative) fully developed, full-fledged.
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eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xlviii. 367 Ðæt mod.., ðonne ðonne hit furðum ryht andgiet underfangen hæfð, & him hwæthwugu sio soðfæsðnes on geeacnod bið, ær ðæm ðe hit fullboren sie.
OE Metrical Charm: For Delayed Birth (Harl. 585) 11 Mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum [prob. read cwelendum], mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fægan.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 28 Sighes stolne out, or kild before full borne.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 139 These last words..brought the embrions of their thoughts vnto a timely and full-borne action.
1720 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Æneis II. v. 647 Returning Day roll'd on, And with it's full-born Light dispell'd the Shades.
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 13 Whither fled Lamia, now a lady bright, A full-born beauty new and exquisite?
1841 Morning Post 11 Mar. 8/1 The deceased..was a full-born child.
1920 Harper's Mag. Dec. 22/2 Suddenly a resolution sprang full-born into his mind.
2015 A. Stensvold Hist. Pregnancy in Christianity i. 10 If the pregnancy is desired, we speak about the foetus as if it were already a full-born child.
2. Originally: of legitimate birth (implying noble lineage or descent). In later use chiefly: of unmixed ancestry, origin, or descent. Also occasionally as n. (with the and plural agreement): those who are of such ancestry, origin, or descent collectively. Now somewhat rare. Cf. full-blood adj.Quot. lOE is a late copy of a small legal code probably issued about the same time as Æðelred II's Wantage code of 997.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > legitimate
full-bornlOE
born in (or under or out of) wedlockc1275
kindlya1300
mulierc1400
legitimatea1464
mulieryc1475
lawfulc1480
naturala1500
mulierly1506
lawfully1512
native1567
loyal1608
lineala1616
full-begotten1636
(on) the right side of the blanket1842
lOE Laws: Walreaf (Rochester) i. 392 Gif hwa ofsacen wille, do þæt mid eahta & feowertig fulborenra þegena [L. (Quadripartitus) tainis plene nobilibus].
1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. I. vii. 347 Numerous complaints attest..the reluctance with which ‘the full-born’ bore the superiority of the ‘less-born’, whom merit or favour had raised above them.
1846 Morning Post 2 Apr. 5/4 They are three full-born sisters.
1881 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 10 340 There was a fault in his birth which should suffice to keep him humble in the presence of full-born men.
1921 M. K. Gandhi in Young India 11 May 150/2 We have given..an object lesson in Hindu-Muslim unity by travelling as full-born brothers throughout the length and breadth of India for one year.
1981 J. P. Schultz Judaism & Gentile Faiths x. 362 There were sages who were more lenient with Noahites than with full-born Jews.
2012 E. Factor Mercury Fountain 98 The virtue with which she spoke to Dolores, her obvious pride at her own liberality, treating her like a full-born American.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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