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.
   1. not allowing entry: impregnable
      • 1643, William Lithgow, The present surveigh of London and England's state:

        an impregnant citadale, having foure large bulwarks

   2. unyielding
      • a. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Nature and Necessity of Regeneration:

        Spirit […] is impregnant upon their hearts

   3. 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.

References

• “impregnant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.