prægnant

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English

Adjective

prægnant (comparative more prægnant, superlative most prægnant)

  1. 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

  1. concise, pithy
  2. (adverbial) concisely, pithily

Inflection

Inflection of prægnant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular prægnant 2
Indefinite neuter singular prægnant 2
Plural prægnante 2
Definite attributive1 prægnante
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.

Synonyms