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adjective
pregnant; with child.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Middle French < Late Latin incincta, perhaps literally “ungirded,” equivalent to Latin in- in-3 + cincta, feminine of cinctus, past participle of cingere to belt, gird, surround
1590–1600; < Middle French < Late Latin incincta, perhaps literally “ungirded,” equivalent to Latin in- in-3 + cincta, feminine of cinctus, past participle of cingere to belt, gird, surround
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Enceinte
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Origin:
1700–10; < French: enclosure, also girding fence or rampart < Latin incincta, noun use of feminine of incinctus girded in (past participle of incingere), equivalent to in- in-2 + cing- gird + -tus past participle suffix
1700–10; < French: enclosure, also girding fence or rampart < Latin incincta, noun use of feminine of incinctus girded in (past participle of incingere), equivalent to in- in-2 + cing- gird + -tus past participle suffix
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| enceinte1 (ɒnˈsænt, French ɑ̃sɛ̃t) | |
| —adj | |
| another word for pregnant | |
| [C17: from French, from Latin inciēns pregnant; related to Greek enkuos, from kuein to be pregnant] | |
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Word Origin & History
enceinte
c.1600, from Fr. enceinte "pregnant," from L.L. incincta "ungirt," from L. in- priv. prefix + cincta, fem. of cinctus, pp. of cingere "to gird" (see cinch).
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