primipn.
/ˈprʌɪmɪp/, U.S. /ˈpraɪˌmɪp/ Obstetrics.
= primipara n.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > woman in labour or childbirth > for first time
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1927 Amer. Speech 2 314/1 A mother is not said to have her first..baby but rather..she becomes a ‘primipara’..often shortened to ‘primip’.
1972 Health Visitor July 193 (title) A fair deal for primips.
1992 J. Dwinell Birth Stories x. 65 Mary was an ‘elderly primip’ (thirty-eight years old and expecting her first child). I was a nursing student..assigned to watch Mary's labor.
2004 Austral. Doctor (Nexis) 5 July As a primigravid nullip..I take offence to being referred to as a primip, as it implies I have a secret previous child (that neither myself nor my husband knows about!).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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