English

Adjective

prægnant ‎(comparative more prægnant, superlative most prægnant)

1. Obsolete spelling of pregnant
   • Glanvill

     That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any consi­derable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Princi­ples.

   • 1701, John Norris, An essay towards the theory of the ideal or intelligible world, page 235:

     The Mind of God as it is Eternally prægnant with them,ſo it Eternally Views and contemplates them, and all things in them,but does not make them.

Derived terms

• prægnancy
• prægnancies

Danish

Etymology

From Latin praegnāns, a later variant of praegnās ‎(“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛjnant/, [pʰʁ̥ɛjˈnanˀd̥] or IPA^(key): /prɛɡnant/, [pʰʁ̥ɛɡ̊ˈnanˀd̥]

Adjective

prægnant

1. concise, pithy
2. (adverbial) concisely, pithily

Inflection

Related terms

• prægnans ("conciseness", "pithiness")