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aborning

9.9

Present from birth and not learned

adjective
/əˈbɔrnɪŋ/

Archaic

: innato

Some believe that musical ability is aborning, while others think it is developed through practice.

Examples

The artist's aborning passion for painting was evident even in her childhood sketches.
His aborning curiosity led him to explore the world from a very young age.
Her talent for music was aborning from a young age.
The artist's style felt aborning and unique.
His aborning curiosity led him to explore the world from a very young age.
The artist's aborning passion for painting was evident even in her childhood sketches.
Her musical talent was aborning, evident in the songs she created as a child.

Synonyms

innate

vsaborning

52 5.2

A quality present from birth that is not learned

is described as being present at birth rather than learned

inborn

vsaborning

7 3.4

Present from birth and not learned later

is viewed as a natural trait present from the start

Antonyms

acquired

Specialized

4.1

Not present at birth but learned or developed later

learned

Formal

6.0

Very well educated and knowing a lot about a subject

How Innate

aborning

Archaic

9.9

developed

2.3

acquired

Specialized

4.1

learned

Formal

6.0

Surface Forms

aborning positive

Morphology

aborning = born (semi-transparent) = a + born + ing

Using the most recognizable base 'born', the sense extends from 'being born' to the lexicalized meaning 'innate or present from the beginning'.

Etymology

Aborning comes from the old prefix a- (as in asleep) meaning 'in' and the word born meaning 'to come into the world'. So, it once meant 'from birth', and we use it for qualities that are present from the very start.