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   Preg·nant

   /ˈpreɡnənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus: "she was heavily pregnant with her second child" Similar expecting a babyhaving a babywith a baby on the wayhaving a childexpectantcarrying a childenceinteinformal:expectingin the family wayexpecting a happy eventpreggerspreggywith a bun in the ovenwith one in the ovenin the clubup the duffin the pudding clubup the spoutup the stickknocked uphaving swallowed a watermelon seedpreggocluckywith a joey in the pouchup the poleinformal, dated:in troublein podarchaic:with childheavy/big with childin a delicate conditionin an interesting conditionchildingon the waytechnical:gravidparturientrare:impregnateinfanticipatingstorkedexpectcarrybear
   • 2. full of meaning; significant or suggestive: "a pregnant pause" Similar filledchargedheavyfraughtrepleteteemingfull ofabounding inrich inmeaningfulsignificanteloquentsuggestiveexpressiveloadedmeaningchargedpointedtellingrevealingweighty

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin praegnant-, probably from prae ‘before’ + the base of gnasci ‘be born’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pregnantly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • R

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   • E

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   • N

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   • A

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