new-blownadj.1
/njuːˈbləʊn/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uˈbloʊn/ Now somewhat archaic.
Of a flower: that has just come into bloom; newly opened. Also figurative.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom
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full-blown1576
flowering1592
in beauty1629
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in bloom1645
new-blown1656
blooming1664
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in flower1697
in (their) flowers1697
abloom1729
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aflower1869
1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 105 in Poems All in that new-blown age, which does inspire Warmth in Themselves.
1680 T. Otway tr. Ovid in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Epist. 205 Who would not pluck the new blown blushing Rose.
1744 J. Miller Mahomet i. ii. 5 Converting the sweet Flow'r of new-blown Hope To deadly Night-Shade.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. vi. 411 I put my new blown honours in my pocket.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxx. 324 A pleasant meadow, whose slender grasses and whose velvety mosses..faded into orange, then into brightest gold, and culminated in the delicate pink of a new-blown rose.
1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xl. 319 In the corner near her was a rich surprise of new-blown, crystal-dewed roses.
1928 D. Barnes Ryder xii. 90 Imagine a new-blown Protestant sitting upon a sempiternal pot.
1966 Monumenta Nipponica 21 356 He looked out at a meadow bathed in sunlight and fragrant with new-blown flowers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
new-blownadj.2
/njuːˈbləʊn/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uˈbloʊn/ rare.
Of a bubble: that has just been blown.
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the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [adjective] > blowing air > just blown of bubbles
new-blown1747
1747 S. Johnson Prol. Opening of Theatre 3 Hard is his Lot, that here by Fortune plac'd, Must..chase the new-blown Bubbles of the Day.
1871 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 70/2 For my part, having simply concluded that the new-blown bubble-hope had burst, I found myself just where I was before.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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