Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thirdborn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: third-born
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Born as the third child to parent or family.

adj

Third of a particular type to be born to a parent or family.

noun

The third child born to a parent or family.

Example Sentences

"Mary, the thirdborn Bennett child in the novel Pride and Prejudice, receives the least attention."
"Prince Arthur was Queen Victoria's thirdborn son and her seventh child overall."
"After correcting for factors that may affect scores, including parents’ education level, maternal age at birth and family size, the researchers found that eldest children scored an average of 103.2, about 3 percent higher than second children (100.3) and 4 percent higher than thirdborns (99.0)."

Etymology

From third + born.

Inflected Forms

thirdborns (plural)

Questions

What does thirdborn mean?: Born as the third child to parent or family.
Where does thirdborn come from?: From third + born.

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