fire-new

adjective

Fresh from the forge; brand-new.

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Meanings

adjectivefire-new (not comparable)
  1. datednot comparableFresh from the forge; brand-new.

    Your fire-new stamp of honour is scarce current.

    c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]
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    There are men that roll through life like a fire-new red ball going across Mr. Lord's cricket ground on a sunshiny day […]

    1853, Charles Reade, Peg Woffington

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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