impregnant

See also: imprégnant and I'm pregnant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹɛɡnənt/

Etymology 1

From im- (“not”) +‎ pregnant.

Adjective

impregnant (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.

Etymology 2

From impregn(ate) +‎ -ant.

Noun

impregnant (plural impregnants)

1. (obsolete) That which impregnates.
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

     It is the Pole , to which we turn , and our sympathizing Judgements seldom decline from the direction of this Impregnant

2. that which is impregnated

   The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impregnant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)