newborn

[ noo-bawrn, nyoo- ]

adjective

1. recently or only just born.
2. born anew; reborn:

   a newborn faith in human goodness.

noun

, plural new·born, new·borns.

1. a newborn infant; neonate.

newborn

/ ˈnjuːˌbɔːn /

adjective

1. 1. recently or just born
   2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the newborn

2. (of hope, faith, etc) reborn

Word History and Origins

Origin of newborn¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; new, born

Example Sentences

Less than 24 hours after being discharged from the hospital, a new mother was resting at home with her newborn baby when she got an unexpected knock on the door.

From Salon

The doctor killed in an Israeli strike alongside her mother and her newborn twins, her husband finding their bodies at the morgue of her former workplace minutes after registering his babies’ birth.

From Salon

The newborn is one of the few children in the country to have a living great-great-grandparent in the doting form of 94-year-old Margaret Waterhouse.

From BBC

Joan held her much-longed-for daughter for only for a few minutes – she remembers gazing at the newborn’s red face and matted hair.

From BBC

But the evacuation of critically ill patients from nearly two dozen hospitals — a total of around 2,000 people, including newborn babies in incubators, patients on hemodialysis and life support — was not possible, certainly not quickly.

From Salon