GRAVID

enceinte, big(p), expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child

(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; “was big with child”; “was great with child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gravid (comparative more gravid, superlative most gravid)

Pregnant; now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically.

Source: Wiktionary


Grav"id, a. Etym: [L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See Grave, a.]

Definition: Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety. " His gravid associate." Sir T. Herbert.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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