natalitial

English

Alternative forms

• natalitious

Etymology

From Latin natalitius, from natalis. See natal.

Adjective

natalitial (not comparable)

1. (rare) Pertaining to a birthday.
   • 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     Thus we read in the life of Virgil, and how far his Natalitial Poplar had out-strip'd the rest of its Contemporaries.

   • 1845, Charles Knight, The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 14, page 7:

     […] the exceeding great stone upon Hamdon-hill in Somersetshire, so famous for the quarry, which is within a mile of the parish of Odcombe, my dear natalitial place.

Synonyms

• birthdayish