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   Ex·pect·ant

   /ikˈspekt(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting: "an expectant conference crowd" Similar eagerexcitedagogwaiting with bated breathbreathlesswaitinganticipatoryhopefulin suspenseon tenterhookson the edge of one's seatkeyed upon pins and needlesanxiousOpposite uninterested
   • ▪ (of a woman) pregnant: "an expectant mother" Similar pregnanthaving a babyhaving a childcarrying a childenceinteinformal:expectingin the family wayexpecting a happy eventeating for twopreggerspreggywith a bun in the ovenwith one in the ovenup the duffin the clubin the pudding clubup the spoutup the stickknocked uppreggocluckyinformal, dated:in troublein podtechnical:gravidparturientarchaic:with childheavy/big with childin a delicate conditionin an interesting conditionchildingon the wayrare:impregnate

   noun

   • 1. a person who anticipates receiving something, especially high office: archaic "some devoted themselves to the wearer of the crown, and others to the expectant"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin exspectant- ‘expecting’, from the verb exspectare (see expect).

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