pregnant 1
— pregnantly , adv. — pregnantness , n.
/preg"neuhnt/ , adj.
1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.
2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with ): a silence pregnant with suspense.
3. teeming or fertile; rich (often fol. by in ): a mind pregnant in ideas.
4. full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.
5. of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world.
[ 1375-1425; late ME praegnant- (s. of praegnans ), var. of PRAEGNAS, equiv. to prae- PRE- + * gnat- (akin to ( g ) natus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending ]
pregnant 2
/preg"neuhnt/ , adj. Archaic.
convincing; cogent: a pregnant argument.
[ 1350-1400; ME preignant preindre, earlier priembre to PRESS 1 premere. Cf. PRINT ]