child-great
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
child-great (comparative more child-great, superlative most child-great)
- (obsolete) Pregnant.
- 1605 [1578], Josuah, transl. Sylvester, “The Third Day of the First Week”, in Devine Weekes and Workes, translation of La Premiere Sepmaine by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, lines 693–696:
- Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed / A tardy labour; but (without great heed) / If over it a Child-great Woman stride, / Instant abortion often doth betide.
Synonyms edit
- expecting, great, heavy; see also Thesaurus:pregnant