stillborn en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɪlbɔː(ɹ)n/
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Etymology
From English still + born. First attested in 1597.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Dead at birth.
1978, Holy Bible (New International Version), Job 3:16, Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
Queen Anne, before Elizabeth, bore a still-born son.
1768, Horace Walpole, Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III:
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(broadly, figuratively, not-comparable) Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
His lips framed themselves to whistle the first bars of a popular song, but the sound died stillborn.
1915, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 18, in The Highgrader:This, gentlemen, is a list of the joint-stock companies created last year. . . . Of these some were stillborn, but the majority hold the market.
1859, Charles Reade, chapter 11, in Love Me Little, Love Me Long:
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Translations (50)
el θνησιγενής (dead at birth) · fi kuolleena syntynyt (dead at birth) · el θνησιγενής (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · mk мртвородено (dead at birth) · nl doodgeboren (dead at birth) · ang dēadboren (dead at birth) · es mortinato (dead at birth) · it nata morta (dead at birth) · cmn 死產的 /死产的 (dead at birth) · no dødfødt (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · tl lungal (dead at birth) · ja 死産の (dead at birth) · pl poroniony (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · ca nascut mort (dead at birth) · cs mrtvorozený (dead at birth) · hu halva született (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · hu halva született (dead at birth) · eo mortnaskita (dead at birth) · ru беспло́дный (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · pl poroniony (dead at birth) · sv dödfödd (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · cmn 死胎的 (dead at birth) · nn dødfødd (dead at birth) · sco kebbit (dead at birth) · nrf mort-né (dead at birth) · is andvanafæddur (dead at birth) · ar إِمْلَاص (dead at birth) · fr mort-né (dead at birth) · it nato morto (dead at birth) · az ölü doğulmuş (dead at birth) · nl doodgeboren (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · sl mrtvorojen (dead at birth) · de totgeboren (dead at birth) · yi טויט געבוירן (dead at birth) · pdt dootjebuaren (dead at birth) · nb dødfødt (dead at birth) · es natimorto (dead at birth) · ru мертворождённый (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · sv dödfödd (dead at birth) · uk мертвонаро́джений (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · fi epäonnistunut (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · pl martwy przy porodzie (dead at birth) · pt natimorto (dead at birth) · ru мертворождённый (dead at birth) · pt nado-morto (dead at birth) · bg мъртвороден (dead at birth) · sl mrtvorojen (ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive) · es nacido muerto (dead at birth) · el νεκρογέννητος (dead at birth) · uk мертвонаро́джений (dead at birth)