high-bornadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪbɔːn/,

/ˌhʌɪˈbɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌbɔrn/

Forms: see high adj. and n.² and born adj.

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

Etymology: < high adj. + born adj. Compare Old Frisian hāchberen, Middle Dutch hōgeboren, Old Swedish höghborin (Swedish högboren), Danish hogboren (Danish højbåren), and also (with prefixed second element) Middle Dutch hōgegeboren (Dutch hooggeboren), Middle High German hōchgeborn (German hochgeboren).

A. adj.

1. Born into a high rank of society or to a family of high social standing; of noble birth or lineage. Cf. well-born adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > of birth

well-bornOE

ethelbornOE

athelOE

high-bornc1275

noblec1300

great-kinned?c1450

nobly-born1586

ingenious1638

ingenuous1638

gently-born1871

thegn-born1874

hochgeboren1930

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4243 Þritti oðere ȝisles..þeo beon alle icornne, & hæȝe ibornne.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14236 (MED) Lazar was a heie-born man.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvi. l. 7 His wif..an hy born womman was..and therto here fadir was a kynge.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2 Her perfections, her excellence, and feare of her too high born parentage.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 80 I am too high-borne to be proportied To be a secondary at controll.

1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. vi. 118 Who wait upon the high-born, illustrious, and refulgent Maulkina.

1713 New Acad. Complements (new ed.) 298 The high-born Prince of Wales is mounted in the Field.

1760 C. Allen Polite Lady xxxvii. 243 Because you may happen to be high born and well portioned, are they..to be insulted with your lofty and supercilious airs?

1835 D. Mackillar Treat. Politeness, Good-breeding, & Manners 97 Two boys..the one high-born as to rank, and..the other well in the world as to riches.

1862 Ladies' Repository Sept. 560/2 His neglect by some wealthy and high-born relatives.

1909 Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 3/2 The high-born dame..was trying to appease a guilty conscience by playing the philanthropic towards the girl.

1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore ii. 48 Cousin B. must have dropped some graceful hints of what an important, high-born, clever cove he was.

2000 Renaissance Q. 53 1057 Henry VIII..staffed his Privy Chamber with young and high-born favorites.

2. figurative. Of a noble or elevated nature; exalted; admirable. Also: of distinguished origin. Now rare.Some early examples are perhaps also interpretable as high-borne adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]

higheOE

drightlikeOE

highlyOE

drightfula1225

prouda1275

principalc1385

solemna1387

gentlec1390

high and mighty1400

imperial?c1400

royalc1405

kinglyc1425

sublimatec1425

lordfulc1429

lordlyc1440

assumpt1447

raiseda1450

haught1470

kinglikec1485

lordlike1488

triumphant1494

greatlya1500

princely?a1510

supereminent1531

princelike1532

lofta1547

lofty1548

regal1561

supernal1562

haughty1563

excelse1569

queen-like?1571

majestical1578

erecteda1586

augustious1591

ennobled1592

imperious1592

enthronized1593

august1594

high-born1598

sublimed1602

jovial1604

majestic1606

enthroned1609

starred1615

exalted1623

majestuous1633

reared1638

sublimary1655

majestative1656

kingrik1663

superb1663

grand1673

celse1708

stilted1744

canonized1790

queenly1791

apotheosized1794

princified1857

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 170 This childe of Fancie that Armado hight..shall relate, In high borne wordes the worth of many a Knight: From tawnie Spaine.

?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. O4^v You may, in time, perhaps come neer that Crowne..But such as Enuy giues high-borne Renowne.

1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 107 The Lutes..Genius..Whose flourish (Meteor-like) doth curle the aire With flash of high-borne fancyes.

1743 M. Jones Let. 26 Jan. in Misc. in Prose & Verse 250 Hence, ye low-born Thoughts that debase the Soul... Come, lofty Notions, and high-born Reflections!

1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 42 Lo! every corner with soft sonnets cramm'd, And high-born odes.

1811 J. Cottle Fall of Cambria (ed. 2) I. i. 5 A mind..Where virtue reign'd and high-born purposes.

1879 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (1880) i. 28 The high-born poem which had Sackville to father and Sidney to sponsor.

1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through iv. 106 He marked..the prosperous high-born roses of her garden with a wondering appreciation.

1965 D. J. Silver Maimonidean Crit. & Maimonidean Controv., 1180–1240 2 Maimonideans applauded the marriage [of Greek categories of thought to Hebraic categories of faith] as a fitting union of two high born traditions.

B. n.

Chiefly with the and plural agreement. High-born people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > collectively

nobleyea1393

gentlec1400

lordly1508

nobility1581

generous1610

high-born1686

hochgeboren1905

1665 T. Tanner Euphuia 2 We often see the high born and bred to have but weak and passive spirits.]

1686 tr. Aristotle Rhetoric iv. xxxiv. 275 As for the Strong, the Healthy, the Rich, the Beautiful and the High born, we do not applaud them, but we say that they are happy.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 37 Indeed I have seen Spirits, in some of the High-born of your Sex, that one would not wish to be propagated.

1822 Blackwood's Mag. June 739/2 What right have we to say that late revels and punch a la romaine enfeeble the stamina of our high-born?

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii. 75 It reconciled the pride of the high-born of the party to fraternize with the general rout.

1922 Ann. Rep. Hawaiian Hist. Soc. 1921 26 Ka-meha-meha produced peace throughout the kingdom by his method of marrying the high born of one island to the high born of another island.

1990 N. DeMille Gold Coast v. xxx. 510 He mixed with the highborn.

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

单词	high-born
释义	high-bornadj.n. Brit. /ˈhʌɪbɔːn/, /ˌhʌɪˈbɔːn/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌbɔrn/ Forms: see high adj. and n.² and born adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., born adj. Etymology: < high adj. + born adj. Compare Old Frisian hāchberen, Middle Dutch hōgeboren, Old Swedish höghborin (Swedish högboren), Danish hogboren (Danish højbåren), and also (with prefixed second element) Middle Dutch hōgegeboren (Dutch hooggeboren), Middle High German hōchgeborn (German hochgeboren). A. adj. 1. Born into a high rank of society or to a family of high social standing; of noble birth or lineage. Cf. well-born adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > of birth well-bornOE ethelbornOE athelOE high-bornc1275 noblec1300 great-kinned?c1450 nobly-born1586 ingenious1638 ingenuous1638 gently-born1871 thegn-born1874 hochgeboren1930 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4243 Þritti oðere ȝisles..þeo beon alle icornne, & hæȝe ibornne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14236 (MED) Lazar was a heie-born man. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvi. l. 7 His wif..an hy born womman was..and therto here fadir was a kynge. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F2 Her perfections, her excellence, and feare of her too high born parentage. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 80 I am too high-borne to be proportied To be a secondary at controll. View more context for this quotation 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. vi. 118 Who wait upon the high-born, illustrious, and refulgent Maulkina. 1713 New Acad. Complements (new ed.) 298 The high-born Prince of Wales is mounted in the Field. 1760 C. Allen Polite Lady xxxvii. 243 Because you may happen to be high born and well portioned, are they..to be insulted with your lofty and supercilious airs? 1835 D. Mackillar Treat. Politeness, Good-breeding, & Manners 97 Two boys..the one high-born as to rank, and..the other well in the world as to riches. 1862 Ladies' Repository Sept. 560/2 His neglect by some wealthy and high-born relatives. 1909 Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 3/2 The high-born dame..was trying to appease a guilty conscience by playing the philanthropic towards the girl. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore ii. 48 Cousin B. must have dropped some graceful hints of what an important, high-born, clever cove he was. 2000 Renaissance Q. 53 1057 Henry VIII..staffed his Privy Chamber with young and high-born favorites. 2. figurative. Of a noble or elevated nature; exalted; admirable. Also: of distinguished origin. Now rare.Some early examples are perhaps also interpretable as high-borne adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 170 This childe of Fancie that Armado hight..shall relate, In high borne wordes the worth of many a Knight: From tawnie Spaine. View more context for this quotation ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. O4^v You may, in time, perhaps come neer that Crowne..But such as Enuy giues high-borne Renowne. 1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 107 The Lutes..Genius..Whose flourish (Meteor-like) doth curle the aire With flash of high-borne fancyes. 1743 M. Jones Let. 26 Jan. in Misc. in Prose & Verse 250 Hence, ye low-born Thoughts that debase the Soul... Come, lofty Notions, and high-born Reflections! 1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 42 Lo! every corner with soft sonnets cramm'd, And high-born odes. 1811 J. Cottle Fall of Cambria (ed. 2) I. i. 5 A mind..Where virtue reign'd and high-born purposes. 1879 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (1880) i. 28 The high-born poem which had Sackville to father and Sidney to sponsor. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through iv. 106 He marked..the prosperous high-born roses of her garden with a wondering appreciation. 1965 D. J. Silver Maimonidean Crit. & Maimonidean Controv., 1180–1240 2 Maimonideans applauded the marriage [of Greek categories of thought to Hebraic categories of faith] as a fitting union of two high born traditions. B. n. Chiefly with the and plural agreement. High-born people as a class. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > collectively nobleyea1393 gentlec1400 lordly1508 nobility1581 generous1610 high-born1686 hochgeboren1905 1665 T. Tanner Euphuia 2 We often see the high born and bred to have but weak and passive spirits.] 1686 tr. Aristotle Rhetoric iv. xxxiv. 275 As for the Strong, the Healthy, the Rich, the Beautiful and the High born, we do not applaud them, but we say that they are happy. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 37 Indeed I have seen Spirits, in some of the High-born of your Sex, that one would not wish to be propagated. 1822 Blackwood's Mag. June 739/2 What right have we to say that late revels and punch a la romaine enfeeble the stamina of our high-born? 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii. 75 It reconciled the pride of the high-born of the party to fraternize with the general rout. 1922 Ann. Rep. Hawaiian Hist. Soc. 1921 26 Ka-meha-meha produced peace throughout the kingdom by his method of marrying the high born of one island to the high born of another island. 1990 N. DeMille Gold Coast v. xxx. 510 He mixed with the highborn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1275
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