onlyborn

adj

Etymology

From only + born.

  1. derived from *beraną — “to bear, carry
  2. inherited from *buranaz
  3. inherited from *boran
  4. inherited from boren
  5. inherited from born
  6. compounded as onlyborn — “only + born

Definitions

  1. Born as the only child in a family, flock, or the like.

    • An onlyborn parent who is level has plenty of good qualities: He tends to be self-reliant.
  2. The only child to be born to a parent or family.

    • One of the most extensive studies ever undertaken tracked more than three thousand high school students — half were onlyborns, half had one sibling — for a twenty-year period.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for onlyborn. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA