aborn

A1B3O1R1N1

adjective

born, begotten, created, developed

OriginEnglish born ← Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə- →
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Meanings

adjectiveaborn (not comparable)
  1. not comparableborn, begotten, created, developed

    ... or (B) explain it away as something caused by the circumstances of his birth: "Aye, we often see these moles on babes aborn on escape wessels under Romulan attack ... "

    2009 May 31, “Star Trek”, in Ron's Log, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2011
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    After all, the author of "Portnoy's Complaint" and "Sabbath's Theater" has made a literary career out of fudging the line between his life and his fiction, writing endlessly aborn misogynistic protagonists teasingly named Philip.

    1996 September 26, Newsweek, quotee, “A Tale of Exes and Ohs”, in The Daily Beast, retrieved 14 Sep 2012
verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of abear

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Englishborn
  7. Englishaborn

From a- + born.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with aborn

pornborncornwornwarntornborneswornbournethornhorneunbornrebornmournscornmornadornforlornfreebornpeppercornWestbourneshornlornmourne
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Anagrams

baronbonarOrbanArbonBoranRabonBornaBarnoNaborArnobAbron
Cite this entry
APA

aborn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aborn

MLA

“aborn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aborn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aborn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aborn.

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