newborn

[noo-bawrn, nyoo-]

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adjective

recently or only just born.
born anew; reborn: a newborn faith in human goodness.

noun, plural new·born, new·borns.

a newborn infant; neonate.

Origin of newborn

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at new, born

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Examples from the Web for newborn

Contemporary Examples

Mary is rarely just Mary in this selection—she is almost always depicted with her newborn or dead son.
The Virgin Mary Lookbook
William O’Connor
December 7, 2014
Creepy thing to wrap up in festive paper and a bow and give to a newborn baby, yeah?
Keep Christmas Commercialized!
P. J. O’Rourke
December 6, 2014
Rick must shepherd his newborn daughter, Judith, through this world of peril.
The Walking Dead’s Luke Skywalker: Rick Grimes Is the Perfect Modern-Day Mythical Hero
Regina Lizik
October 28, 2014
Asked if he knew the names of the newborn quadruplets, Merritt recalled two: gi—a karate outfit—and po—a chamber pot.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble
David Bukszpan
October 11, 2014
Perhaps the problem is that we are conflating all of nursing with just the newborn stage.
Dita Von Teese, My Breasts Are All Yours
Amanda Clayman
August 8, 2014

Historical Examples

He felt a sudden lift of the heart, an access of newborn confidence.
The Highgrader
William MacLeod Raine
“I'll go,” agreed the squire, almost quivering in his newborn eagerness.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm
Irvin S. Cobb
He compared himself to a newborn babe coming into the world.
Unthinkable
Roger Phillips Graham
The old, the diseased, and the alcoholic are more apt to succumb, also the newborn.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)
Various
That she knew not the pangs that usher in The newborn child?
Laments
Jan Kochanowski

British Dictionary definitions for newborn

newborn

adjective

1. recently or just born
2. (as collective noun; preceded by the)the newborn
(of hope, faith, etc) reborn

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Word Origin and History for newborn

adj.

also new-born, c.1300, from new + born. As a noun from 1879.

newborn in Medicine

newborn

(nōō′bôrn′)

adj.

Very recently born.

A neonate.

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Examples from the Web for newborn

Contemporary Examples

Mary is rarely just Mary in this selection—she is almost always depicted with her newborn or dead son.

Creepy thing to wrap up in festive paper and a bow and give to a newborn baby, yeah?

Rick must shepherd his newborn daughter, Judith, through this world of peril.

Asked if he knew the names of the newborn quadruplets, Merritt recalled two: gi—a karate outfit—and po—a chamber pot.

Perhaps the problem is that we are conflating all of nursing with just the newborn stage.

Historical Examples

He felt a sudden lift of the heart, an access of newborn confidence.

“I'll go,” agreed the squire, almost quivering in his newborn eagerness.

He compared himself to a newborn babe coming into the world.

The old, the diseased, and the alcoholic are more apt to succumb, also the newborn.

That she knew not the pangs that usher in The newborn child?

newborn

Word Origin and History for newborn

adj.

newborn

Origin of newborn