pregmant -
adj. 1 (of a woman or female
animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus.
2 full of meaning; significant or suggestive (a pregnant pause).
3 (esp. of a person's mind) imaginative, inventive.
4 (foll.
by with) plentifully provided (pregnant
with danger).
pregnant construction Gram. one in which more is implied than the words express (e.g. not have a chance implying of success etc.).
pregnantly adv. (in sense 2). [ME f. F pr
gnant or L praegnans -antis, earlier praegnas (prob. as PRAE-, (g)nasci be born)]
