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bornt

bornt is the simple past and past participle of born.

bornt is the obsolete form of burnt.

Meaning of born

Adjective

born (not comparable)

  1. Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
    • In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.

See all 2 meanings of born

Meaning of burnt

Adjective

burnt (comparative more burnt, superlative most burnt)

  1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
    • The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
  2. Carbonised.
    • The toast was too burnt to eat.
  3. Having a sunburn.
  4. Being darker than standard, especially browner.

See all 5 meanings of burnt

Origin of bornt

Apparently born + -t; compare kilt (“killed”).

Questions about bornt

What is bornt the simple past and past participle of?
Bornt is the simple past and past participle of born.

Words near bornt in the dictionary

  1. bornous
  2. bornouses
  3. borns
  4. Bornstein
  5. Bornsteins
  6. bornt
  7. Borntrager
  8. Borntragers
  9. Borntreger
  10. Borntregers
  11. Bornu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bornt (page history and authors); born (page history and authors); burnt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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