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preg⋅nant
1 [preg-nuh
nt]
–adjective
| 1. | having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal. |
| 2. | fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense. |
| 3. | teeming or fertile; rich (often fol. by in): a mind pregnant in ideas. |
| 4. | full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance. |
| 5. | of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world. |
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L praegnant- (s. of praegnāns), var. of praegnās, equiv. to prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to (
g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending
1375–1425; late ME < L praegnant- (s. of praegnāns), var. of praegnās, equiv. to prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to (
g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending
Related forms:
preg⋅nant⋅ly, adverb
preg⋅nant⋅ness, noun
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Pregnant
Preg"nant\, a. [L. praegnans, -antis; prae before + genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. pr['e]gnant. See Gender, 2d Kin.]1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument." --Prynne. " A pregnant brevity." --E. Everett. 3. Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth. [Obs.] --Evelyn. Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. --Shak. Pregnant construction (Rhet.), one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.Pregnant
Preg"nant\, n. A pregnant woman. [R.] --Dunglison.Pregnant
Preg"nant\, a. [F. prenant taking. Cf. Pregnable.] Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs.] " Pregnant to good pity." --Shak.
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Language Translation for : pregnant
Spanish:
embarazada, encinta,
German:
schwanger,
Japanese:
妊娠した
pregnant (1)
"convincing, weighty, pithy," c.1374, from O.Fr. preignant, prp. of preindre, from earlier priembre, from L. premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).
pregnant
"with child," 1545, from L. prægnantem (nom. prægnans, originally prægnas) "with child," lit. "before birth," probably from præ- "before" + root of gnasci "be born." Used much earlier in Eng. in fig. senses (1413); the late record probably reflects its status as a taboo word, which it somewhat retained until c.1950; modern euphemisms include anticipating, enceinte, expecting, in a family way, in a delicate (or interesting) condition. Slang preggers is recorded from 1942. O.E. terms included mid-bearne, lit. "with child;" bearn-eaca, lit. "child-adding" or "child-increasing;" and geacnod "increased." Among c.1800 slang terms for "pregnant" were poisoned (in ref. to the swelling).
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Main Entry: preg·nant
Pronunciation: 'preg-n&nt
Function: adjective
: containing unborn young within the body :
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pregnant preg·nant (prěg'nənt)
adj.
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
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