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English
Etymology
From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.
Pronunciation
Adjective
expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)
- Marked by expectation.
the expectant hush before the performance
- Pregnant.
an expectant mother
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 18:After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...
- (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
expectant (plural expectants)
- A person who expects or awaits something.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
expectant
- third-person plural present active indicative of expectō