BIRTHDAY

birthday

(noun) an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

birthday, natal day

(noun) the date on which a person was born

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

birthday (plural birthdays)

The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.

Verb

birthday (third-person singular simple present birthdays, present participle birthdaying, simple past and past participle birthdayed)

(intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.

Anagrams

• tharybid

Source: Wiktionary


Birth"day`, n.

1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention. Cowper.

2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth. This is my birthday; as this very day Was Cassius born. Shak.

Birth"day`, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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