prægnant

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English

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Adjective

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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[otes] 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.

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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prægnant

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

Inflection

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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.

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