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English
Adjective
prægnant (comparative more prægnant, superlative most prægnant)
- Obsolete spelling of pregnant.
1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; , London: E. C for Henry Eversden , →OCLC:That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.
1701, John Norris, An essay towards the theory of the ideal or intelligible world, page 235:The Mind of God as it is Eternally prægnant with them,ſo it Eternally Views and contemplates them, and all things in them,but does not make them.
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
From Latin praegnāns, a later variant of praegnās (“pregnant”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
prægnant
- concise, pithy
- (adverbial) concisely, pithily
Inflection
Inflection of prægnant
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Comparative
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Superlative
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Indefinte common singular
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prægnant
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Indefinite neuter singular
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prægnant
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Plural
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prægnante
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Definite attributive1
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prægnante
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1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
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