Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BIRTH'DAY
BIRTH'DAY, n. [birth and day.]
- The day in which any person is born.
- The same day of the month, in which a person was born, in every succeeding year; often celebrated as a joyful anniversary. It sometimes has the form of an attribute; as, a birth-day ode.
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