单词 | full-born |
释义 | full-bornadj.n. 1. Of a newborn infant: that has reached full term; fully formed and living; (figurative) fully developed, full-fledged. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.n.eOE |
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