2 entries under this word

Birthday

Birth'day, n.

noun

n. [birth and day.] 1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.

Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention. Cooper.

Sense 2. The same day of the month, in which a person was born, in every succeeding year; the anniversary of one's birth.

This is my birthday, as this very day was Cassius born. Shak.

Birth'day, a.

adjective

a. Pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday ode; birthday festivities.