highborn
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.
Archaic
adj
Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)
Archaic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.
adj
Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive.
Example Sentences
- "I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control."
- "It is not for Kings to drink wine, nor for Princes strong drink. It becomes not them who are highborn to be intemperate."
- "His acquaintance with this high-born dame gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse, but rejected his addresses, it is said, with disdain."
- "The young Irishman was not a little touched and elated by the high-born damsel's partiality for him."
- "Was he not Rajah Hassim and was not the other a man of strong heart, of strong arm, of proud courage, a man great enough to protect highborn princes?"
- "He is a career rather than a conviction politician, but too highborn to be written off as a mere scaler of the greasy pole. He is a scion of the class that, deep down, believes it was born to rule."