deadborn

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English

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Etymology

dead +‎ born

Adjective

deadborn (not comparable)

  1. (dated, rare) Stillborn.
    • 1777, David Hume, Essays Moral, Political, Literary, "My Own Life,"
      Never literary attempt was more unfortunate than my Treatise of Human Nature. It fell dead-born from the press, without reaching such distinction, as even to excite a murmur among the zealots.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode Expression error: Unrecognized word "episode".]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC, part Expression error: Unrecognized word "episode"., 6 - Hades,/mode/1up page Episode 6 - Hades,:
      Only a mother and deadborn child ever buried in the one coffin.

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