pregnant
Meaning
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- Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
- Fecund], [[fertile], prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
- (obsolete) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- (obsolete) Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
Synonyms
be pregnant
big with child
be in the family way
full of meaning
become pregnant
be with child
ready and waiting
pregnant with
full stomach
in labor
in the spud line
kaishbook
lizzied
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
Etymology
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").
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