newbornadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnjuːˈbɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)uˌbɔrn/

Forms: see new adv. and born adj.

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

Etymology: < new adv. + born adj. Compare Middle Dutch nieuboren (Dutch nieuwgeboren), Old High German niuwiboran (Middle High German niuweborn, niuborn, niugeborn), Old Icelandic nýborinn. Compare also French nouveau-né (c1225 in Old French).

A. adj.

a. That was born recently; newly brought forth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > newly born

newborna1400

young-born1548

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1342 (MED) A new born barn lay in þe croppe.

c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 60 (MED) Þey were com..to worschip þe kyng of Iewes þat was newe bore.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 149 (MED) He shall neuer haue myght to me, That new borne lad.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. ii. 2 Where is the new borne kynge of the Iues?

1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 45 The crying noyse of Iupiter new borne.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xi, in Poems 6 Harping in loud and solemn quire,..to Heav'ns new-born Heir.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 The Nurseling spare, Nor exercise thy Rage on new-born Life.

1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 228 A Chinese, according to their laws, may cast his new born child into the river.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 479 The new-born animal staggers in walking and standing.

1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 316 The mother-fowl calls her new-born chicks.

1920 B. Low Psycho-anal. (ed. 2) iii. 73 The desire of the newborn creature to return to that stage of omnipotence..in which it existed within the mother's womb.

1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health x. 188 Newborn babies need 14 to 18 hours [sleep] to help them mature.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xv You that poore Petrarchs long deceased woes With new-borne sighes and denisen'd wit do sing.

1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xvii, in Steps to Temple 56 He saw Heav'n blossome with a new-borne light.

1722 E. Thomas Misc. Poems 36 But lo! What new born Light adorns the radiant Sky And gilds it with a brighter Galaxy?

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 150 Nothing else can nourish and secure His new-born virtues.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxviii. 149 The new-born rill Just trickling from its mossy bed.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 136 When rain fell upon this new-born land.

1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 200 The new-born Wellsian had to find her bearings almost as ridiculously as a baby.

1996 SkyNews Mar. 8/1 A flattened, saucer-shaped cloud of material that rings a newborn sun.

2. Born again or anew; (also figurative) regenerated, reformed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > rebirth or regeneration > [adjective] > reborn

renatec1475

newbornc1480

reborn1598

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > renovating or renewing > renovated or renewed

newedc1425

renovate?1440

renewed1483

newborn1594

born-again1913

rehabbed1967

c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 614 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 169 [He] mad hyme þane as to cryst a now-borne mane.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L3^v So new this new-borne knight to battell new did rise.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. I1 My shame so dead, mine honor is new borne .

1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes viii. sig. G2^v Once more the voyce..Came downe from heau'n, to Ionah new-borne-Man, To re-baptized Ionah.

1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iv. i. 44 'Tis your influence that raises me from death to new-born life, and makes me currant from the dross of Nature.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 296 These aged nerves with new-born vigor strung.

1816 J. B. Burges Dragon Knight viii. 210 Its jovial mariners the warriors cheer'd; Each gen'rous knight with new-born ardour glow'd.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xvi. 198 ‘He that is accursed, let him be accursed still,’ was the pitiless anathema written in this spoliated effort of his new-born solicitousness.

1977 Ann. Reg. 1976 294 Stress was put on..the importance of cultivating further the ‘new-born socialist things’ since the Cultural Revolution.

1992 InterCity Mag. Feb. 40/2 In establishing its image as a thriving, new-born European city, Birmingham's edge comes from the three centres, the ICC, the NIA and the..NEC.

B. n.

1. With plural agreement. With the. Newborn babies, animals, etc., regarded as a class.

ΚΠ

1768 J. Wesley Jrnl. 5 May (1827) III. 310 The number of the new-born is increased.

1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 70 The newborn emerging from gates and the dying emerging from gates, The night pervades them and enfolds them.

1879 A. Jacobi in A. H. Buck Treat. Hygiene & Public Health I. i. 75 Landau's essay on ‘The Melæna of the New-Born, with Notices on the Obliteration of the Fœtal Blood-Vessels’, proves that..but little attention has been paid to the subject.

1955 J. B. Priestley & J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow vii. 115 The home of the spirits whence the newborn came and the dead returned.

1987 D. Rowe Beyond Fear iii. 82 Babies, like all the newborn of other species, are born with the ability to seek out the conditions necessary for their survival.

2. A newborn human or animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]

childOE

baban?c1225

fauntekin1377

infant1382

babea1393

fauntelet1393

babyc1400

lakinc1440

mop1440

chrisomer1574

tenderling1587

chrisom1596

childling1648

flosculet1648

bratling1652

lullaby-cheat1665

strangera1674

child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675

hoppet1695

tot1725

bambino1761

weanie1786

tiny1797

dot1800

trudgeon1814

toddle1825

toddles1828

yearnling1829

dab1833

toddler1837

baba1841

arrival1846

teeny-tiny1849

toddlekins1852

mite1853

trot1854

babelet1856

nestler1866

spoon-child1868

bubby1885

chavvy1886

bub1889

kiddy1889

toddleskin1890

newborn1893

kidlet1899

kidling1899

bubba1906

bundle of joy1924

liddly1929

mammet1932

snork1941

kiddywink1957

sproglet1987

1893 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 94 The new-born or the new-wed moves henceforth in the bloodless land of Faery.

1921 Science 2 Sept. 198/2 Taking the entire group of newborns in this series we may conclude that the sleeping metabolism..is as well measured by one formula as another.

1974 Nature 6 Dec. 514/3 A doubtful study..indicating that newborns can orient visually to a voice source in space.

1993 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. 15/7 Parents of newborns who are put on dialysis to wait for a kidney transplant often tell me they wish they had never opted for treatment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	newborn
释义	newbornadj.n. Brit. /ˌnjuːˈbɔːn/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uˌbɔrn/ Forms: see new adv. and born adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adv., born adj. Etymology: < new adv. + born adj. Compare Middle Dutch nieuboren (Dutch nieuwgeboren), Old High German niuwiboran (Middle High German niuweborn, niuborn, niugeborn), Old Icelandic nýborinn. Compare also French nouveau-né (c1225 in Old French). A. adj. 1. a. That was born recently; newly brought forth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > newly born newborna1400 young-born1548 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1342 (MED) A new born barn lay in þe croppe. c1450 (?c1400) Three Kings Cologne (Cambr. Ee.4.32) (1886) 60 (MED) Þey were com..to worschip þe kyng of Iewes þat was newe bore. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 149 (MED) He shall neuer haue myght to me, That new borne lad. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. ii. 2 Where is the new borne kynge of the Iues? 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 45 The crying noyse of Iupiter new borne. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xi, in Poems 6 Harping in loud and solemn quire,..to Heav'ns new-born Heir. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 86 The Nurseling spare, Nor exercise thy Rage on new-born Life. View more context for this quotation 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 228 A Chinese, according to their laws, may cast his new born child into the river. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 479 The new-born animal staggers in walking and standing. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 316 The mother-fowl calls her new-born chicks. 1920 B. Low Psycho-anal. (ed. 2) iii. 73 The desire of the newborn creature to return to that stage of omnipotence..in which it existed within the mother's womb. 1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health x. 188 Newborn babies need 14 to 18 hours [sleep] to help them mature. b. In extended use. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xv You that poore Petrarchs long deceased woes With new-borne sighes and denisen'd wit do sing. 1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xvii, in Steps to Temple 56 He saw Heav'n blossome with a new-borne light. 1722 E. Thomas Misc. Poems 36 But lo! What new born Light adorns the radiant Sky And gilds it with a brighter Galaxy? 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 150 Nothing else can nourish and secure His new-born virtues. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxviii. 149 The new-born rill Just trickling from its mossy bed. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 136 When rain fell upon this new-born land. 1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 200 The new-born Wellsian had to find her bearings almost as ridiculously as a baby. 1996 SkyNews Mar. 8/1 A flattened, saucer-shaped cloud of material that rings a newborn sun. 2. Born again or anew; (also figurative) regenerated, reformed. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > rebirth or regeneration > [adjective] > reborn renatec1475 newbornc1480 reborn1598 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > renovating or renewing > renovated or renewed newedc1425 renovate?1440 renewed1483 newborn1594 born-again1913 rehabbed1967 c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 614 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 169 [He] mad hyme þane as to cryst a now-borne mane. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L3^v So new this new-borne knight to battell new did rise. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. I1 My shame so dead, mine honor is new borne . View more context for this quotation 1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes viii. sig. G2^v Once more the voyce..Came downe from heau'n, to Ionah new-borne-Man, To re-baptized Ionah. 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iv. i. 44 'Tis your influence that raises me from death to new-born life, and makes me currant from the dross of Nature. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 296 These aged nerves with new-born vigor strung. 1816 J. B. Burges Dragon Knight viii. 210 Its jovial mariners the warriors cheer'd; Each gen'rous knight with new-born ardour glow'd. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xvi. 198 ‘He that is accursed, let him be accursed still,’ was the pitiless anathema written in this spoliated effort of his new-born solicitousness. 1977 Ann. Reg. 1976 294 Stress was put on..the importance of cultivating further the ‘new-born socialist things’ since the Cultural Revolution. 1992 InterCity Mag. Feb. 40/2 In establishing its image as a thriving, new-born European city, Birmingham's edge comes from the three centres, the ICC, the NIA and the..NEC. B. n. 1. With plural agreement. With the. Newborn babies, animals, etc., regarded as a class. ΚΠ 1768 J. Wesley Jrnl. 5 May (1827) III. 310 The number of the new-born is increased. 1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 70 The newborn emerging from gates and the dying emerging from gates, The night pervades them and enfolds them. 1879 A. Jacobi in A. H. Buck Treat. Hygiene & Public Health I. i. 75 Landau's essay on ‘The Melæna of the New-Born, with Notices on the Obliteration of the Fœtal Blood-Vessels’, proves that..but little attention has been paid to the subject. 1955 J. B. Priestley & J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow vii. 115 The home of the spirits whence the newborn came and the dead returned. 1987 D. Rowe Beyond Fear iii. 82 Babies, like all the newborn of other species, are born with the ability to seek out the conditions necessary for their survival. 2. A newborn human or animal. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] childOE baban?c1225 fauntekin1377 infant1382 babea1393 fauntelet1393 babyc1400 lakinc1440 mop1440 chrisomer1574 tenderling1587 chrisom1596 childling1648 flosculet1648 bratling1652 lullaby-cheat1665 strangera1674 child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675 hoppet1695 tot1725 bambino1761 weanie1786 tiny1797 dot1800 trudgeon1814 toddle1825 toddles1828 yearnling1829 dab1833 toddler1837 baba1841 arrival1846 teeny-tiny1849 toddlekins1852 mite1853 trot1854 babelet1856 nestler1866 spoon-child1868 bubby1885 chavvy1886 bub1889 kiddy1889 toddleskin1890 newborn1893 kidlet1899 kidling1899 bubba1906 bundle of joy1924 liddly1929 mammet1932 snork1941 kiddywink1957 sproglet1987 1893 W. B. Yeats Celtic Twilight 94 The new-born or the new-wed moves henceforth in the bloodless land of Faery. 1921 Science 2 Sept. 198/2 Taking the entire group of newborns in this series we may conclude that the sleeping metabolism..is as well measured by one formula as another. 1974 Nature 6 Dec. 514/3 A doubtful study..indicating that newborns can orient visually to a voice source in space. 1993 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. 15/7 Parents of newborns who are put on dialysis to wait for a kidney transplant often tell me they wish they had never opted for treatment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1400
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