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Webster 1913 Edition

Gravid

Grav′id

,
Adj.
[L.
gravidus
, fr.
gravis
heavy, loaded. See
Grave
,
Adj.
]
Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful;
as, a
gravid
uterus;
gravid
piety
; – of animals as well as people.
“ His gravid associate.”
Sir T. Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gravid

GRAV'ID

,
Adj.
[L. gravidus, from gravis, heavy.]
Pregnant; being with child.

Definition 2024

gravid

gravid

English

Adjective

gravid ‎(comparative more gravid, superlative most gravid)

  1. Pregnant; now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      The gravest problems of obstetrics and forensic medicine were examined with as much animation as the most popular beliefs on the state of pregnancy such as the forbidding to a gravid woman to step over a country stile lest, by her movement, the navelcord should strangle her creature
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
      One slender hand was raised in a graceful gesture gravid with meaning.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 568:
      The minute she'd settled into the seat next to him, her billowing widow's rig had got redisposed to reveal her neatly gravid waistline, at which, now, he nodded.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin gravidus ‎(“laden, pregnant”), from gravis ‎(“heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraviːd/, [ɡ̊ʁɑˈviðˀ]

Adjective

gravid

  1. pregnant (carrying an unborn child)

Inflection

Inflection of gravid
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular gravid — —2
Neuter singular gravidt — —2
Plural gravide — —2
Definite attributive1 gravide — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gravidus

Adjective

gravid ‎(neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)

  1. pregnant

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Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gravidus

Adjective

gravid ‎(neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)

  1. pregnant

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French gravide, Italian gravido, Latin gravidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /graˈvid/

Adjective

gravid m, n ‎(feminine singular gravidă, masculine plural gravizi, feminine and neuter plural gravide)

  1. pregnant

Declension

Synonyms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːd

Adjective

gravid ‎(neuter gravitt, definite and plural gravida)

  1. pregnant (carrying an unborn child, generally only applied to humans)

Etymology

From Latin gravidus ‎(“laden, pregnant”), from gravis ‎(“heavy”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹavɪd/

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