quickborn

See also: Quickborn

English

Etymology

From quick +‎ born.

Adjective

quickborn (not comparable)

1. (archaic) born alive; not stillborn
   • 1865, Great Britain. General Register Office, Annual Report ... of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England and Wales ... (volumes 26–30, page 243)

     From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.