hochgeborenadj.n.

/ˈhəʊxɡəbɔːrən/

Forms: Also hochwohlgeboren.

Etymology: German.

A. adj.

= high-born adj. and n.

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

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale iii. 38 She was a simple old lady..but she had not..forgotten that she was hochwohlgeboren.

1949 O. Nash Versus 139 Do not overlook the fact, hoch-geboren Bretheren and Sisteren.

1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle v. v. 173 He probably thinks he's as hochgeboren as the half-caste descendant of an English knight and a Peruvian D.P.

1972 ‘J. Melville’ Ironwood v. 74 I am hoch geboren, as my stuffy German grandaunts still like to put it.

B. n.

A high-born person; such people collectively.

ΘΚΠ

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

nobleyea1393

gentlec1400

lordly1508

nobility1581

generous1610

high-born1686

hochgeboren1905

1905 E. von Arnim Princess Priscilla's Fortnight i. 7 Was she not a hochgeboren, a member of an ancient house?

1933 D. C. Peel Life's Enchanted Cup xviii. 238 The German ladies..were convinced that we had forced Germany to go to war, and the Hochgeboren..felt bitter towards us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hochgeboren
释义	hochgeborenadj.n. /ˈhəʊxɡəbɔːrən/ Forms: Also hochwohlgeboren. Etymology: German. A. adj. = high-born adj. and n. 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 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale iii. 38 She was a simple old lady..but she had not..forgotten that she was hochwohlgeboren. 1949 O. Nash Versus 139 Do not overlook the fact, hoch-geboren Bretheren and Sisteren. 1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle v. v. 173 He probably thinks he's as hochgeboren as the half-caste descendant of an English knight and a Peruvian D.P. 1972 ‘J. Melville’ Ironwood v. 74 I am hoch geboren, as my stuffy German grandaunts still like to put it. B. n. A high-born person; such people collectively. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > collectively nobleyea1393 gentlec1400 lordly1508 nobility1581 generous1610 high-born1686 hochgeboren1905 1905 E. von Arnim Princess Priscilla's Fortnight i. 7 Was she not a hochgeboren, a member of an ancient house? 1933 D. C. Peel Life's Enchanted Cup xviii. 238 The German ladies..were convinced that we had forced Germany to go to war, and the Hochgeboren..felt bitter towards us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1905
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