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Webster 1913 Edition
Pregnant
Preg′nant
,Adj.
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;
“ A pregnant argument.” as,
. pregnant
repliesPrynne.
“ 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. Shakespeare
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.
Preg′nant
,Noun.
A pregnant woman.
[R.]
Dunglison.
Preg′nant
,Adj.
[F.
prenant
taking. Cf. Pregnable
.] Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
[Obs.]
“ Pregnant to good pity.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pregnant
PREG'NANT
,Adj.
1.
Being with young, as a female; breeding; teeming.2.
Fruitful; fertile; impregnating; as pregnant streams.3.
Full of consequence; as a pregnant instance of infatuation. An egregious and pregnant instance how far virtue surpasses ingenuity.
4.
East to admit or receive.5.
Free; kind; ready; witty; apt. [Not proper.]6.
Plain; clear; evident; full. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
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See also: prégnant
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
pregnant (comparative more pregnant, superlative most pregnant)
- (not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- I went to the doctor and, guess what, I'm pregnant!
- Expecting a baby together.
- We are pregnant.
- (comparable) Having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
- a pregnant pause
- Shakespeare
- wherein the pregnant enemy does much
- (now poetic) Fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground etc.).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:
- The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:
- (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- Shakespeare
- Pregnant to good pity.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms
- (carrying offspring (standard)): expecting, expecting a baby, expectant, gravid (of animals only), with child, fertilized
- (carrying offspring (colloquial/slang)): eating for two, having a bun in the oven, in a family way, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout
- (carrying offspring (euphemistic)): in an interesting condition, in a family way
- (having many possibilities or implications): meaningful, significant
- See also Wikisaurus:pregnant
Hyponyms
- (carrying developing offspring): in trouble
Derived terms
Translations
carrying developing offspring within the body
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having many possibilities or implications
fertile — see fertile
Noun
pregnant (plural pregnants)
- A pregnant woman.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from German prägnant and French prégnant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /preɡˈnant/
Adjective
pregnant m, n (feminine singular pregnantă, masculine plural pregnanți, feminine and neuter plural pregnante)
- pregnant (having many possibilities or implications)
Declension
declension of pregnant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | pregnant | pregnantă | pregnanți | pregnante | ||
| definite | pregnantul | pregnanta | pregnanții | pregnantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | pregnant | pregnante | pregnanți | pregnante | ||
| definite | pregnantului | pregnantei | pregnanților | pregnantelor | |||