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pregnant

preg·nant

UK/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ US/ˈpɹeɪ̯ɡnənt/ common

adjective

1.

carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

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2.

rich in significance or implication

  • “a meaning look”
  • “pregnant with meaning”
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3.

filled with or attended with

  • “words fraught with meaning”
  • “an incident fraught with danger”
  • “a silence pregnant with suspense”
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Origin

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").

Phrases

  • barefoot and pregnant
  • big pregnant
  • fall pregnant
  • I'm pregnant
  • negative pregnant
  • pregnant and barefoot
  • pregnant chad
  • pregnant construction

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