basebornadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪsbɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪsˌbɔrn/

Forms: see base adj. and n.⁶ and born adj.

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

Etymology: < base adj. + born adj.

A. adj.

I. Of a person. Now chiefly historical.

1. Of humble birth; not of noble parentage; born into a lower social class.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective]

low-bornc1275

ungentlec1374

unnoblea1382

bastardly1552

baseborn1553

ingenerous1621

lowly born1623

earth-born1630

unpedigreed1787

birthless1817

unaristocratic1841

disconnected1847

pedigreeless1859

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 82^v A base born felowe whose parentes were not honest.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 202 Better ten thousand base-borne Cades miscarry.

1685 N. Tate Duke & No Duke 5 Preserve the Princely Blood from base-born taint.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 257 That a Gentleman of your Rank in Life, should stoop..to the base-born Pamela.

1786 ‘A. Pasquin’ Royal Academicians 31 Shall I come to this? to be bullied by a bog-trotter, the base-born son of a bankrupt saddler?

1805 A. A. Opie Adeline Mowbray II. iv. 137 She dresses him finer than we are, for all he is base-born: and our papas..don't think him fit company for us.

1856 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Scotl. VI. xliii. 178 It would have required an energetic struggle to wrest the regental sceptre from the hand of the base-born usurper of the rights of their liege lady.

1886 Temple Bar 77 266 I will never consent..to see my sons fight over a baseborn girl like two cocks for a worm in the farm-yard!

1937 PMLA 52 672 In comparison with Lady Penelope, Lady Oxford was indeed base-born.

1987 H. Turtledove Misplaced Legion iii. 53 Who in Phos' holy name do these baseborn outland whoresons think they are?

2008 J. A. Avery Shadowed Knight i. 19 Margaret D'Arcy, liege lady of Warnmark, stared at the baseborn knight who stood before her.

2. Illegitimate, born out of wedlock.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate

cheves-bornOE

misbegetc1325

bastc1330

misbegettenc1330

bastard1376

unlawfula1425

naturalc1425

illegitime1502

base1529

base-begot1534

illegitimate1536

misbegotten1554

bastarded1579

misborn1583

nameless1594

spurious1598

unfathered1600

misgotten1623

misbegot1626

baseborn1645

slip-sprung1665

born in (or under or out of) wedlock1675

side wind1738

love-begotten1761

born on the wrong side of the blanket1771

anonymous1869

sinistral1897

1645 D. Featley Καταβάπτισται Κατάπτυστοι: Dippers Dipt sig. K1 Neither doth holy necessarily implie no bastard. For some holy men have been base-born.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. ii. 86 Tho' the Law did not positively allow the destroying such base-born Children, yet it held them to be the Children of no body.

1797 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk (ed. 2) xv. 259 The proportion of children born in wedlock, to those which are base-born, was at the end of 1785 as 100,000 to 18,354.

1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xi. 203 Our daughters with base-born babies Have wandered away in their shame.

1906 Folk-lore 17 406 He also tells a story..of a Thora, Helgi and their illegitimate daughter Yrsa, which Detter identifies with this one by means of an argument..that Yrsa, being base-born might very well have been called Irpa.

1948 M. Anderson Anne of Thousand Days (1950) 29 He could have mistress after mistress with base-born sons—he could make each the heir in turn!

1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. iv. 64 Alina was the daughter of Hamelin de Warenne, Early of Surrey, half-brother to King Henry, albeit base-born.

2006 V. M. Fellows Shakespeare Code (rev. ed.) viii. 128 Elizabeth's famous court historian, William Camden, remembered the time when the act was passed, and he heard it said openly that this was done by the contrivance of Leicester with a design to impose upon the nation some baseborn son of his own as the queen's offspring.

II. Figurative uses.

3. Of base origin or nature.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]

theowlikec1175

low?c1225

undignec1315

unfreec1330

base?1518

roynish1570

baseborn1573

base-minded1573

haskardly1576

ignoble1592

unnoble1593

slavish1597

disnoble1609

infimous1613

unhandsome1645

unheroical1656

mean1665

unworthy1694

unheroic1732

raff1761

undignified1782

raffish1795

truculent1825

unpromotable1836

menial1837

low-flung1841

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile > of base origin or nature

baseborn1573

1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 312 Ye popish & later base born religion of your Romish church.

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 392 Such high conceipt of that celestiall fire, The base-born brood of Blindnes cannot gesse.

1633 T. Scot God & King 5 This base-born Partiality, descended either from reward, favour, passion, or cowardise.

1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman i. 10 Shou'd I stay here, To hold my hand up like a Criminal Before your Jealousie, a base born Passion.

?1735 T. C. Paget Ess. Human Life 15 Base-born Fear oft checks what Rage devis'd.

1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. viii. 168 His master..declared that he would divorce his dastardly soul from his body, should he ever be..affronted with another instance of his base-born apprehension.

1839 J. Rees Dwarf ii. 5 The pulse within thee, would not quicken at The baseborn lie, if thou could'st say I e'er Proved false to thee.

1852 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 179 A base-born mirth, springing out of carelessness and folly.

1905 T. T. Fortune Dreams of Life 25 Base-born selfishness ne'er knelt At mortal shrine and plead to deafer ear Than his—the noble dead!

1950 Notes 7 227 That base-born waif Yankee Doodle, whose words have long been meaningless, has survived almost two centuries' worth of high-minded, well-made sonatas and string quartets—besides astronomical stacks of much ‘better’ popular songs.

2002 Curve (Nexis) Aug. 48 Despite all these negatives, it is a revelation to see, 50 years later, how many people cherish these baseborn books.

B. n.

A person of humble or illegitimate birth. Also with the and plural agreement: people of humble or illegitimate birth. Also in figurative contexts. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [noun] > person

baseborn1569

low-born1842

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 189 The Ant replied that she was no base born, yet contented with hir birthe.

1605 Parish Reg. Romford, Essex 11 Aug. George, the base-borne of one of my Ladye Coke's servants.

1662 Duchess of Newcastle Youths Glory i. v. xv, in Playes Written 151 Thus fames base Born, thrust out the Legitimat heirs, and usurp the Right, and Lawfull Inheritance, of the Right owners of fames Palace.

a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 17 Inv...Are you, when at home, of condition? or how must I—Devil. You mean, am I a Devil of fashion, or one of the base born?

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iii. viii. 113 Very often the baseborn change their liveries for coronets.

1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia vii. 191 The suburb-huts where base-borns dwelt.

1936 M. R. Anand Coolie iii. 169 I have seen you lift bundles here for a month, you baseborn.

1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & His Saints Slept (1996) i. 16 Wool was on the outside, a style worn only by rustics, the poor, and baseborn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	baseborn
释义	basebornadj.n. Brit. /ˈbeɪsbɔːn/, U.S. /ˈbeɪsˌbɔrn/ Forms: see base adj. and n.⁶ and born adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: base adj., born adj. Etymology: < base adj. + born adj. A. adj. I. Of a person. Now chiefly historical. 1. Of humble birth; not of noble parentage; born into a lower social class. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] low-bornc1275 ungentlec1374 unnoblea1382 bastardly1552 baseborn1553 ingenerous1621 lowly born1623 earth-born1630 unpedigreed1787 birthless1817 unaristocratic1841 disconnected1847 pedigreeless1859 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 82^v A base born felowe whose parentes were not honest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 202 Better ten thousand base-borne Cades miscarry. View more context for this quotation 1685 N. Tate Duke & No Duke 5 Preserve the Princely Blood from base-born taint. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 257 That a Gentleman of your Rank in Life, should stoop..to the base-born Pamela. 1786 ‘A. Pasquin’ Royal Academicians 31 Shall I come to this? to be bullied by a bog-trotter, the base-born son of a bankrupt saddler? 1805 A. A. Opie Adeline Mowbray II. iv. 137 She dresses him finer than we are, for all he is base-born: and our papas..don't think him fit company for us. 1856 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Scotl. VI. xliii. 178 It would have required an energetic struggle to wrest the regental sceptre from the hand of the base-born usurper of the rights of their liege lady. 1886 Temple Bar 77 266 I will never consent..to see my sons fight over a baseborn girl like two cocks for a worm in the farm-yard! 1937 PMLA 52 672 In comparison with Lady Penelope, Lady Oxford was indeed base-born. 1987 H. Turtledove Misplaced Legion iii. 53 Who in Phos' holy name do these baseborn outland whoresons think they are? 2008 J. A. Avery Shadowed Knight i. 19 Margaret D'Arcy, liege lady of Warnmark, stared at the baseborn knight who stood before her. 2. Illegitimate, born out of wedlock. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate cheves-bornOE misbegetc1325 bastc1330 misbegettenc1330 bastard1376 unlawfula1425 naturalc1425 illegitime1502 base1529 base-begot1534 illegitimate1536 misbegotten1554 bastarded1579 misborn1583 nameless1594 spurious1598 unfathered1600 misgotten1623 misbegot1626 baseborn1645 slip-sprung1665 born in (or under or out of) wedlock1675 side wind1738 love-begotten1761 born on the wrong side of the blanket1771 anonymous1869 sinistral1897 1645 D. Featley Καταβάπτισται Κατάπτυστοι: Dippers Dipt sig. K1 Neither doth holy necessarily implie no bastard. For some holy men have been base-born. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. ii. 86 Tho' the Law did not positively allow the destroying such base-born Children, yet it held them to be the Children of no body. View more context for this quotation 1797 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk (ed. 2) xv. 259 The proportion of children born in wedlock, to those which are base-born, was at the end of 1785 as 100,000 to 18,354. 1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xi. 203 Our daughters with base-born babies Have wandered away in their shame. 1906 Folk-lore 17 406 He also tells a story..of a Thora, Helgi and their illegitimate daughter Yrsa, which Detter identifies with this one by means of an argument..that Yrsa, being base-born might very well have been called Irpa. 1948 M. Anderson Anne of Thousand Days (1950) 29 He could have mistress after mistress with base-born sons—he could make each the heir in turn! 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. iv. 64 Alina was the daughter of Hamelin de Warenne, Early of Surrey, half-brother to King Henry, albeit base-born. 2006 V. M. Fellows Shakespeare Code (rev. ed.) viii. 128 Elizabeth's famous court historian, William Camden, remembered the time when the act was passed, and he heard it said openly that this was done by the contrivance of Leicester with a design to impose upon the nation some baseborn son of his own as the queen's offspring. II. Figurative uses. 3. Of base origin or nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective] theowlikec1175 low?c1225 undignec1315 unfreec1330 base?1518 roynish1570 baseborn1573 base-minded1573 haskardly1576 ignoble1592 unnoble1593 slavish1597 disnoble1609 infimous1613 unhandsome1645 unheroical1656 mean1665 unworthy1694 unheroic1732 raff1761 undignified1782 raffish1795 truculent1825 unpromotable1836 menial1837 low-flung1841 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile > of base origin or nature baseborn1573 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 312 Ye popish & later base born religion of your Romish church. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 392 Such high conceipt of that celestiall fire, The base-born brood of Blindnes cannot gesse. 1633 T. Scot God & King 5 This base-born Partiality, descended either from reward, favour, passion, or cowardise. 1679 J. Crowne Ambitious Statesman i. 10 Shou'd I stay here, To hold my hand up like a Criminal Before your Jealousie, a base born Passion. ?1735 T. C. Paget Ess. Human Life 15 Base-born Fear oft checks what Rage devis'd. 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. viii. 168 His master..declared that he would divorce his dastardly soul from his body, should he ever be..affronted with another instance of his base-born apprehension. 1839 J. Rees Dwarf ii. 5 The pulse within thee, would not quicken at The baseborn lie, if thou could'st say I e'er Proved false to thee. 1852 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. 179 A base-born mirth, springing out of carelessness and folly. 1905 T. T. Fortune Dreams of Life 25 Base-born selfishness ne'er knelt At mortal shrine and plead to deafer ear Than his—the noble dead! 1950 Notes 7 227 That base-born waif Yankee Doodle, whose words have long been meaningless, has survived almost two centuries' worth of high-minded, well-made sonatas and string quartets—besides astronomical stacks of much ‘better’ popular songs. 2002 Curve (Nexis) Aug. 48 Despite all these negatives, it is a revelation to see, 50 years later, how many people cherish these baseborn books. B. n. A person of humble or illegitimate birth. Also with the and plural agreement: people of humble or illegitimate birth. Also in figurative contexts. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [noun] > person baseborn1569 low-born1842 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 189 The Ant replied that she was no base born, yet contented with hir birthe. 1605 Parish Reg. Romford, Essex 11 Aug. George, the base-borne of one of my Ladye Coke's servants. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Youths Glory i. v. xv, in Playes Written 151 Thus fames base Born, thrust out the Legitimat heirs, and usurp the Right, and Lawfull Inheritance, of the Right owners of fames Palace. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 17 Inv...Are you, when at home, of condition? or how must I—Devil. You mean, am I a Devil of fashion, or one of the base born? 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iii. viii. 113 Very often the baseborn change their liveries for coronets. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia vii. 191 The suburb-huts where base-borns dwelt. 1936 M. R. Anand Coolie iii. 169 I have seen you lift bundles here for a month, you baseborn. 1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & His Saints Slept (1996) i. 16 Wool was on the outside, a style worn only by rustics, the poor, and baseborn. 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