pregnant
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pregnant/ˈpreɡnənt/
▶adjective
- 1 (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.
- 2 full of meaning or significance.
– derivatives
pregnantly adverb.
pregnantly adverb.
– origin ME: from L. praegnant-, prob. from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.
'pregnant' also found in these Oxford entries:
bun
- carry
- child
- conceive
- delicate
- duff
- eclampsia
- enceinte
- -ers
- expect
- expectant
- fallow
- family
- FAS
- get
- gravid
- impregnate
- interesting
- knock
- lamb
- lie
- lose
- menstruate
- miscarry
- multigravida
- period
- phantom pregnancy
- placenta
- pod
- pole
- preggers
- pregnancy
- primigravida
- pudding
- puerperium
- shotgun marriage
- show
- spout
- teem
- Xenopus
