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单词 birthday
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birthdayn.

Brit. /ˈbəːθdeɪ/, /ˈbəːθdi/, U.S. /ˈbərθˌdeɪ/
Forms: see birth n.1 and day n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: birth n.1, day n.
Etymology: < birth n.1 + day n. Compare late Old High German burttag , Middle Low German bōrtdach , and also (with the first element in the genitive) Old Icelandic burðardagr . Compare also Old English gebyrddæg (early Middle English gebyrddayg ), cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German giburtitag , giburtitago (Middle High German giburttac , compare German Geburtstag ), both in the senses ‘anniversary of the day on which a person was born, nativity, feast day (of a saint)’ < the Germanic base of Old English gebyrd (see birde n. and compare discussion at birth n.1) + the Germanic base of day n. Compare further (with the first element in the genitive) Middle Low German gebōrtsdach.Compare the following examples of Old English gebyrddæg (also, with simplification of the medial consonant cluster, gebyrdæg ; early Middle English gebyrddayg ):OE Homily (Bodl. 340) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) Weorðedan we ær to wintre æt geolum þæne drihtenlican gebyrddæg, þa he us..hider on middaneard gesohte.OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 6 Ða on Herodes gebyrddæge [OE Bodl. 441 gebyrdæge, c1200 Hatton gebyrddayge; L. die autem natalis Herodis] tumbude þære Herodiadiscean dohtur beforan him. In early use the English words and their Germanic parallels frequently translate classical Latin diēs nātālis and variants (compare natal n.1, native day n. at native adj. Compounds 2a, and see quot. c1384 at sense 1a(a)).
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(a) The anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically regarded as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts.See also happy birthday at happy adj. 5c.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday
birthdayc1384
nativitya1393
native day1546
birthnight1637
fête day1877
b-day1938
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark vi. 21 Eroude in his birthe day [a1425 L.V. birthdai; L. natalis] made a soupere to the princis.
1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 796 To celebrate his Martyrs byrth day.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) v. i. 71 This is my Birth-day: as this very day Was Cassius borne. View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Hill Let. 20 Sept. in Wks. (1753) II. 179 May she live to reckon birthdays, as numerous as the charms of her mind, and as shining as those of her person.
1836 A. T. Malkin Gallery of Portraits IV. 184 The inhabitants of Ghent opened their gates to him on his fortieth birthday, in 1540.
1880 Monthly Packet Oct. 354 Her father having given her some money for her birthday the week before, she had decided to spend part of it on books.
1930 Daily Mail 15 Mar. 11/1 The Queen patted Ernie on the head and wished him a happy birthday.
2019 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 May (Escape Mag.) 19 Today, more and more Aussies are choosing to have international parties to celebrate milestone birthdays.
(b) spec. With the and without specification of the person celebrating the occasion: the anniversary of the day the British sovereign was born, marked by public celebration and a formal dinner and ball at court. Sometimes also: the celebrations themselves. Cf. birthnight n. 2a(b). Obsolete.The first such celebration was held in 1748, during the reign of George II.
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1752 Lady J. Coke Let. 23 Dec. (1899) xxv. 123 There was more finery at the Birthday than ever I saw; don't imagine I was at Court, but I went to Lady Betty Germain's, where great numbers came to show themselves.
1791 World 6 June The Princess Mary also danced for the first time at the Birth-Day.
1802 M. Edgeworth Belinda (ed. 2) I. ix. 269 After the birthday, lady Delacour talks of going to Harrowgate.
b. The anniversary of the day on which a woman gave birth; see birth n.1 4a. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > age or period of a thing
birthdaya1500
datea1571
era1646
epoch1655
vintage1929
a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 47 This day [y]s also callet þe vtas, þat ys, þe eght day of oure ladys byrþe, yn techyng to y[ch] crysten seruand forto þenke on þe eght dayys þat sewyth þe byrth-day.
c. The anniversary of the day on which something began or came into existence, or on which an event occurred.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun]
anniversaryc1230
year's daya1393
year-day1431
birthday1556
anniversary day1567
anniverse1618
anniversal1635
anni1890
1556 J. Standish Triall Supremacy sig. G.iiiv The churches do iustly worship the birth daye of that see, which Peter receiued for ye saluation of the churches.
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 155 It [sc. the first Sunday after Easter] is..the birthday of that salvation, which had its commencement the Sunday before.
1797 D. Everett Slaves in Barbary i. iii. 107 The grateful day returns, that brings to mind my generous benefactors. The birthday of my happiness, my fortune, and my honor.
1922 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Feb. 1/1 Boy Scouts who are celebrating the 12th birthday of the founding of the organization will be entertained tonight at headquarters by a radio talk broadcasted from Springfield.
2012 Guardian 20 Oct. (Guide Suppl.) Central Listings 24/2 On Friday, the esteemed NYC-based remixer and DJ Francois Kevorkian helps celebrate house night Content's third birthday.
2.
a. The day on which something began or came into existence, or on which an event occurred.
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1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 649 The daie that the citie was first founded on, the birth daie.
1648 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 1. sig. A3v The Birthday of that precious new government.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 18 The birthday of Invention.
1896 Philos. Trans. 1895 (Royal Soc.) B. 186 783 The day on which Halley presented his life-table must be regarded as the birthday of that biometrical part of death statistics.
2006 Church Times 13 Jan. 19/1 Auden..lived through a period of unparalleled political wickedness, of Fascist and Communist genocide, into the birthday of AIDS and the end-all of the bomb.
b. The day on which a person was born; see birth n.1 1a. Now rare.In quot. 1858: the day on which a person experiences a spiritual birth.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > day or date on which one is born
birth-tidea1250
birth timec1330
birthnight1583
birthdaya1594
a1594 Edmond Ironside (1991) i. ii. 70 I had bine bound apprentice to deceipt and from my bearth daye studied villanie.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 130. ⁋10 The Anniversary of the Birth-day of this Glorious Queen.
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia viii. 68 Now therefore comes the second birthday of man. He wakes to a new consciousness, that of spiritual existence.
1922 Princeton Alumni Weekly 15 Mar. 496/3 They have a daughter, Blanche, aged two months, weight on birthday, seven pounds, eleven ounces.
2011 L. Cruz Parenting 13 Your parenting journey is in full swing on your baby's birthday.

Compounds

C1. In senses 1, 1c.
a. General use as a modifier, as in birthday celebration, birthday dress, birthday gift, birthday surprise, birthday tea, birthday treat, birthday wish, etc.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at birthday
birthday gift1561
birthday present1719
twenty-firster1912
society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > treat or entertainment > on birthday
birthday treat1561
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > birthday > article of
birthday dress1561
birthday suit1734
1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice lxxxviii. sig. Mm.i Herode made hys byrth daye supper.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 84 The figure I made..out-shone all other birth-day finery whatever.
1791 World 6 June Prince William of Gloucester, for the first time, went through a Minuet at the Birth-Day Ball.
1868 W. Collins Moonstone I. i. x. 131 Your uncle's birthday gift.
1880 Little Folks' Holiday Album 106/1 How well granny contrived that birthday tea out in the garden under the apple-tree, how snowy was the cloth, what nice cake and bread-and-butter.
1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel i. 12 I'll be content this year with the cheapest birthday treat you ever gave me.
1942 E. Blom Mus. in Eng. vi. 104 Purcell in his birthday-ode and welcome-song mood.
1986 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 July Channel O next week begins birthday celebrations to mark its coming of age.
b.
birthday boy n. a boy or (humorously) a man who is celebrating his birthday.
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1867 ‘Eóinèin’ in Aunt Judy's Mag. Dec. 108 The birthday-boy, king of the feast!
1959 H. Pinter Birthday Party ii Shine it on the birthday boy.
2012 StarStudio July 31/2 In the midst of the party, Jun's friends from the press gathered for a photo-op with the birthday boy and the Gutierrez family.
birthday cake n. a cake served to celebrate a birthday; esp. a large sponge cake decorated with icing and candles.In quot. 1800: a cake for a person's sixth birthday (as opposed to the latest of six birthday cakes).
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > others
God's kichelc1410
christening cake1682
moon-cake1688
birthday cake1802
feast cake1845
burial-cake1864
yuan hsiao1945
1800 tr. C. G. Salzmann Gymnastics for Youth i. i. 9 He learns his a b c, to spell, to read,..before his sixth birthday cake is put into the oven.]
1802 M. Charlton tr. A. La Fontaine Reprobate II. 248 The birthday of Linette was approaching..and as usual she [sc. my mother] prepared her birthday cake [Ger. Kuchen].
1950 W. H. Evans Spoth's Cake Making & Decoration 195 Butter cream..for icing and decorating birthday cakes.
2001 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 17 Nov. (Metro ed.) 2 e The prince blew out a candle on a birthday cake..and listened as guests sang ‘Happy Birthday’.
birthday card n. a greetings card sent to convey good wishes on the occasion of a person's birthday.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > card > [noun]
card1596
message card1746
birthday card1797
view card1822
acceptance1837
Easter card1842
wedding-cards1847
comic1860
postcard1869
letter card1870
postal card1870
pc1876
postal1877
note-card1884
photo card1890
greeting-card1898
picture postcard1899
seaside postcard1955
sympathy card1967
1797 R. T. Paine, Jr. Ruling Passion 20 Each scribbling wight, who pens a birth-day card, Was born, as grannams say, to be a Bard!
1902 Little Folks Oct. 287/2 Miss Shaw seemed to appreciate Moya's birthday card very much.
2004 L. Jensen Ninth Life Louis Drax 11 His evil mother..sent me a birthday card with fifty euros in it.
birthday girl n. a girl or (humorously) a woman who is celebrating her birthday.
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1852 D. M. Mulock Head of Family I. vi. 161 There—go up to him—compel him! It's your right, ‘you little birthday girl’.
1928 Nottingham Evening Post 22 Feb. 3/3 Mother and grandma must have tried to make things all gay for their birthday girl!
2006 Time Out N.Y. 15 June 34/2 The bar promises free midshelf drinks (think Jack, Absolut, beer and wine) for the birthday boy or girl all night long.
birthday mind n. (also birthday's mind) Obsolete rare the celebration or commemoration of a person's birthday. [Compare mind n.1 4.]
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > commemoration of birthday
birthday mind1606
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 101 His birth-day-mind [L. natalem suum], falling out in the time of the Plebeian games and plaies exhibited in the Cirque, hee hardly would suffer to be celebrated.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 265 He [sc. Domitian] put to death..Salvius Cocceianus, because he had celebrated the Birth-dayes minde [L. diem natalem], of Otho the Emperour.
birthday party n. a party held to celebrate a person's birthday; (now) esp. a child's party typically involving entertainment (traditionally games played to music), light refreshments, and the serving of a birthday cake.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > birthday party
birthday party1808
twenty-firster1912
1808 E. Meeke There is a Secret I. ix. 203 They paid him such assiduous court, in hopes of appearing in his will, that they were in great favour, and were sure to be of what he styled his birthday parties.
1913 M. Gyte Diary 16 Dec. (1999) 8 Ethel held her birthday party. There were 18 sat down to tea and they passed the evening in singing, recitations etc.
2007 Independent 27 Oct. (Save & Spend section) 8/1 Simplicity, and doing it at home, is the key if you want to achieve a child's birthday party which will cost you less than £100 all up.
birthday present n. a gift given to a person on the occasion of his or her birthday.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at birthday
birthday gift1561
birthday present1719
twenty-firster1912
1719 New Separation from Church of Eng. Groundless 41 The Room of Birth-Day Presents.
1854 C. M. Yonge Castle Builders xxii. 342 Her immense wax-doll, a birthday present from her papa.
1934 L. Charteris Saint Intervenes (1950) xii. 164 It's so true that it's almost stopped being a joke—the father who plays with his little boy's birthday presents so energetically that the little boy has to shove off and smoke papa's pipe.
2002 M. Gayle Dinner for Two 323 She's obviously wearing a number of her birthday presents because everything looks brand new.
c. With reference to the official birthday of the British sovereign (see official birthday n. at official adj. Compounds 2).
Birthday Gazette n. (also with lower-case initials) now historical and rare (the title of) a gazette produced on the official birthday of the British sovereign, containing a list of the awards and honours conferred to mark the occasion; cf. birthday honours list n.Typically published as a supplement to an official government gazette (see gazette n. 2a).
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society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > official gazettes
gazette1665
hue and cry1827
Birthday Gazette1869
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 3/1 Can the Secretary of State have any idea of the astonishment and derision with which the birthday gazette was received in this country [sc. India]?
1936 Weekly Irish Times 25 Jan. (Suppl. section) p. ii/3 The Birthday Gazette announced that the titles of the Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killarney had been bestowed upon him by the Sovereign.
1997 M. W. Daly Sirdar xix. 200 Wingate joined his wife at Karlsbad on 15 June. It was there that he got word of the king's Birthday Gazette, in which he was made a G.C.B.
birthday honours n. awards and titles conferred each year on the official birthday of the British sovereign; (also) short for birthday honours list n.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > [noun] > investing with a rank or title > titles conferred on sovereign's birthday
birthday honours1875
1873 Standard 24 May 3/3 (heading) Royal birthday honours... The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of her Majesty's Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath [etc.].]
1875 Irish Times 31 May 6/4 We are much pleased to observe that among the recipients of birthday honours Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Alan Holdich, K C B, was included.
2008 Sunderland Echo (Nexis) 14 June Keith Copeland is made an MBE in today's birthday honours, ‘for services to skills training’.
birthday honours list n. a list of awards and titles conferred on the official birthday of the British sovereign in a particular year, published as a supplement to the London Gazette.
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1886 North London News & Finsbury Gaz. 10 Apr. It had not been anticipated that any batons would be given away until the birthday honours list made its appearance some two months hence.
1953 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 19 383 Its author would have applauded the recognition given to the arts in the Birthday Honours Lists of post-war years.
2016 Lynn News (Nexis) 27 Oct. Hunstanton's David Foulkes was honoured in the birthday honours list for a British Empire Medal for his work in the community.
C2. humorous. As a modifier, in compounds denoting a state of nudity, or a person's bare skin.With reference to the naked condition in which a person is born (cf. sense 2b).Most commonly in birthday suit.
birthday attire n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] > bare skin
barec1300
buff1654
birthday clothes1732
birthday gear1734
birthday suit1734
birthday attire1803
1803 J. T. Barber Tour throughout S. Wales & Monmouthshire i. 26 We remarked a group of figures, in birth-day attire, gamboling in the water.
1998 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 14 May (Rhythm section) 3/3 The revealing story of two female customers who decided to expose their birthday attire while sitting at the bar.
birthday clothes n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] > bare skin
barec1300
buff1654
birthday clothes1732
birthday gear1734
birthday suit1734
birthday attire1803
1732 Visct. Perceval Diary 2 June in in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Earl of Egmont (1920) 279 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 6264) XI. 323 Mr. Spencer was a man of extraordinary breeding to acknowledge the favour of a common visit in his birthday clothes.
1895 N. Amer. 15 Mar. 5/3 He first posed stripped to the waist, but later he appeared clad only in his birthday clothes.
1995 Arizona Daily Sun 28 Jan. a7/3 For those of you who hate the idea of watching beautiful women romp in their birthday clothes, the films showing at Prochnow Auditorium at NAU this week may be more to your liking.
birthday gear n. Obsolete rare
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] > bare skin
barec1300
buff1654
birthday clothes1732
birthday gear1734
birthday suit1734
birthday attire1803
1734 J. Swift Strephon & Cloe in Beautiful Young Nymph 20 To see some radiant Nymph appear In all her glitt'ring Birth-day Gear.
birthday suit n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [noun] > bare skin
barec1300
buff1654
birthday clothes1732
birthday gear1734
birthday suit1734
birthday attire1803
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > birthday > article of
birthday dress1561
birthday suit1734
1734 England's Genius 3 The young Gallant said, That he thought he had paid his Lordship the greatest Compliment, by receiving him in his Birth-Day Suit.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. viii. 68 I will strip this holy father to his birth-day suit.
1922 E. Blunden Bonadventure xxvii. 167 A dancing saloon, where birthday suits were the fashion.
2006 S. Gruen Water for Elephants viii. 107 I have to strip down to my birthday suit in front of a nurse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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