dead-bornadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdead-born.

Now chiefly dialect.

a. Born dead, still-born.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > still-born

dead-bornc1330

still1607

still-born1607

c1330 King of Tars 914 The child ded-boren was.

1483 Cath. Angl. 93 Dedeborne..abortiuus.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. xiii. 812 Children which were dead-borne.

1781 R. Bland in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 357 The number of the children that were dead-born.

1840 R. Bremner Excursions Denmark II. 396 The dead-born and those who long wielded the sceptre, are laid side by side.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26500 Þe dedis..þat forwit ded born ware, þai mai be quickend neuer mare.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 354 A Samian Peer..who teem'd with many a dead-born jest.

1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 14 All, all but Truth, drops dead-born from the Press.

1830 T. B. Macaulay Southey's Colloq. in Ess. (1848) I. 222 The History..is already dead: indeed, the second volume was deadborn.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. viii. 282 Messieurs of the dead-born Broglie-Ministry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dead-born
释义	dead-bornadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdead-born. Now chiefly dialect. a. Born dead, still-born. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > still-born dead-bornc1330 still1607 still-born1607 c1330 King of Tars 914 The child ded-boren was. 1483 Cath. Angl. 93 Dedeborne..abortiuus. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. xiii. 812 Children which were dead-borne. 1781 R. Bland in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 71 357 The number of the children that were dead-born. 1840 R. Bremner Excursions Denmark II. 396 The dead-born and those who long wielded the sceptre, are laid side by side. b. figurative. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26500 Þe dedis..þat forwit ded born ware, þai mai be quickend neuer mare. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 354 A Samian Peer..who teem'd with many a dead-born jest. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 14 All, all but Truth, drops dead-born from the Press. 1830 T. B. Macaulay Southey's Colloq. in Ess. (1848) I. 222 The History..is already dead: indeed, the second volume was deadborn. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. viii. 282 Messieurs of the dead-born Broglie-Ministry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1330
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