high-borneadj.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪbɔːn/,

/ˌhʌɪˈbɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌbɔrn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adv., borne adj.¹

Etymology: < high adv. + borne adj.¹

Raised or carried high above the ground; borne high in the air.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent

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1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. C2^v They perforce their high-borne top must vayle, This storme still blew so stifly on their sayle.

1643 Publique Confider 5 But good God into what lamentable times are we now falne;..from a high borne storme, not confidering of a calme, to an unmoved rocke.

1776 Edward & Isabella in Poems 19 Far from my straining sight Mirth less'ning flies; Wealth drops the high-borne crest, and glittering dies.

1871 in W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (rev. ed.) 358 Her high-borne turban'd head she wags.

1896 J. Lumsden Battle of Dunbar & Prestonpans 4 Around the hill, down to the sea, The war-cluds roll'd, and when they rose Were seen, high-borne, an' fluttering free, The sacred flags o' friends an' foes.

1916 B. Tarkington Seventeen xxvii. 282 ‘Nice tongue samwich, lady!’ he announced, semi-cake-walking beneath his high-borne tray.

1947 R. Lillard Great Forest in Life 3 Nov. 49/1 Here was the fresh, natural surface of the planet, green leaves high-borne on dark trunks, shading the damp and mossy mold of the centuries.

2005 J. Ciment Tattoo Artist xiii. 126 A high-borne breeze wafted through the reed walls and kept the mosquitoes away.

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

单词	high-borne
释义	high-borneadj. Brit. /ˈhʌɪbɔːn/, /ˌhʌɪˈbɔːn/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌbɔrn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adv., borne adj.¹ Etymology: < high adv. + borne adj.¹ Raised or carried high above the ground; borne high in the air. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent magnificenta1460 statelya1525 magnifical1533 tragical1533 lofty1565 tragic1566 sublime1586 over-high1587 magnific1589 heroic1590 buskina1593 grandiloquous1593 full-mouthed1594 high-pitched1594 buskined1595 full-mouth1595 high-borne1596 altisonant1612 Roman1619 high-sounding1624 transcendent1631 magniloquent1640 loud1651 altiloquent1656 grandiloquent1656 largiloquent1656 altisonous1661 tall1670 elevate1673 grandisonous1674 sounding1683 exalted1684 grandisonant1684 grandific1727 magniloquous1727 orotund1799 superb1825 spread eagle1839 grandiose1840 magnisonanta1843 togated1868 elevated1875 mandarin1959 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. C2^v They perforce their high-borne top must vayle, This storme still blew so stifly on their sayle. 1643 Publique Confider 5 But good God into what lamentable times are we now falne;..from a high borne storme, not confidering of a calme, to an unmoved rocke. 1776 Edward & Isabella in Poems 19 Far from my straining sight Mirth less'ning flies; Wealth drops the high-borne crest, and glittering dies. 1871 in W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (rev. ed.) 358 Her high-borne turban'd head she wags. 1896 J. Lumsden Battle of Dunbar & Prestonpans 4 Around the hill, down to the sea, The war-cluds roll'd, and when they rose Were seen, high-borne, an' fluttering free, The sacred flags o' friends an' foes. 1916 B. Tarkington Seventeen xxvii. 282 ‘Nice tongue samwich, lady!’ he announced, semi-cake-walking beneath his high-borne tray. 1947 R. Lillard Great Forest in Life 3 Nov. 49/1 Here was the fresh, natural surface of the planet, green leaves high-borne on dark trunks, shading the damp and mossy mold of the centuries. 2005 J. Ciment Tattoo Artist xiii. 126 A high-borne breeze wafted through the reed walls and kept the mosquitoes away. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1596
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