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gravidness

[grav-id]

grav·id

[grav-id]
adjective

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin gravidus, equivalent to grav(is) burdened, loaded + -idus -id4

gra·vid·i·ty [gruh-vid-i-tee] , grav·id·ness, noun
grav·id·ly, adverb
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Gravidness is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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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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