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Gravid
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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World English Dictionary
| gravid (ˈɡrævɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| the technical word for pregnant | |
| [C16: from Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy] | |
| gra'vidity | |
| —n | |
| 'gravidness | |
| —n | |
| 'gravidly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
gravid
"pregnant," 1590s, from L. gravidus, from gravis "burdened, heavy" (see grave (adj.)).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
gravid grav·id (grāv'ĭd)
adj.
Carrying eggs or developing young.
gra·vid'i·ty (grə-vĭd'ĭ-tē) or grav'id·ness n.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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