ˈonce-born, a.
[once adv. 7.]
Designating or pertaining to someone whose attitude to life has retained a child-like simplicity and straightforwardness. (See also quot. 1942.) Cf. twice-born a. 3.
| 1849 [see twice-born a. 3]. 1902 W. James Var. Relig. Exper. iv. 82 Another good expression of the ‘once-born’ type of consciousness, developing straight and natural, with no element of morbid compunction or crisis, is contained in the answer of Dr...Hale. 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §325/5 Once-born, not regenerated or not believing in regeneration. |