[preg-nuh
nt] 
| 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. |
g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending| preg·nant 1 (prěg'nənt) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praegnāns, praegnant-, variant of praegnās; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] preg'nant·ly adv. |
| preg·nant 2 (prěg'nənt) adj. Archaic Convincing; cogent. Used of an argument or a proof. [Middle English, probably from Old French preignant, present participle of prembre, to press, from Latin premere; see per-4 in Indo-European roots.] |
pregnant preg·nant (prěg'nənt)
adj.
Carrying developing offspring within the body.