pregnant.
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
Meaning & usage
Carrying developing offspring within the body.
I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
I became pregnant in July 2014.
Carrying developing offspring within the body. Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
We are pregnant.
Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
a pregnant pause
Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.
Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
A pregnant person.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
Compelling; clear, evident.
Where this word comes from
Apparently from Middle French pregnant, preignant (“pressing, compelling”), present participle of prembre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
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