-nənsē, -si noun
( -es )
Etymology: pregnant + -cy
1.
a. : the condition of being pregnant : the state of being with young : gestation
b. : fertility , fruitfulness
pregnancy of the soil
2.
a. : fertility or inventiveness of mind
there was a depth and pregnancy in the Greek imagination — P.E.More
b. : significant quality : meaningfulness
the traditional pregnancy of all great art — C.E.Montague
phrases of homely vigor or happy pregnancy — J.L.Lowes
3. obsolete : promising quality : appearance of future usefulness or success
4. : latent potentiality : richness in possible consequence or significance