prægnant

See also: prägnant

English

Adjective

prægnant (comparative more prægnant, superlative most prægnant)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pregnant
    • Glanvill
      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
  • prægnancy
  • prægnancies

Danish

Etymology

From Latin praegnāns, a later variant of praegnās (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /prɛjnant/, [pʰʁ̥ɛjˈnanˀd̥] or IPA(key): /prɛɡnant/, [pʰʁ̥ɛɡ̊ˈnanˀd̥]

Adjective

prægnant

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

Inflection
Inflection of prægnant
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular prægnant — —2
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
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