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单词 natalitial
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natalitialadj.n.

Forms: 1600s natalitial, 1600s natalitiall.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nātālicius , -al suffix1, Latin nātālicia.
Etymology: As adjective < classical Latin nātālicius of or relating to a person's birth or birthday (see natalitious adj.) + -al suffix1. As noun < classical Latin nātālicia birthday celebration, use as noun of feminine singular (or neuter plural) of nātālicius + -al suffix1. Compare Middle French feste natalice birthday (15th cent. in an isolated attestation), French †natalice, noun (1619).
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Of or relating to a person's birth or birthday. Cf. natal adj.1 2, 3a and natalitious adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective]
natal1447
natalitial1611
natalitious1646
congenial1721
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. H6v The Parish of Odcombe my deare natalitiall place.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 175 His natalitiall hymne was sung..by a Chore of Angels.
1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxxv. 238 We read in the life of Virgil, and how far his natalitial Poplar had out-stripp'd the rest of its Contemporaries.
a1869 A. Spiers French & Eng. Pronouncing Dict. (1870) 358 Natalitial.]
B. n.
In plural. A birthday celebration. Cf. natal adj.1 2. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > birthday festivities
natals1597
natalitials1660
1660 E. Sparke Θυσιαστηριον (ed. 2) iv. 84 Our Funerals border on our Natalitials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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