quickborn
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See also: Quickborn
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quickborn (not comparable)
- (archaic) born alive; not stillborn
- 1865, Great Britain. General Register Office, Annual Report ... of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales ... (volumes 26–30, page 243)
- From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.
- 1865, Great Britain. General Register Office, Annual Report ... of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales ... (volumes 26–30, page 243)