expectant
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Etymology edit
From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)
- Marked by expectation.
- the expectant hush before the performance
- Pregnant.
- an expectant mother
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 18:
- After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...
- (medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
Translations edit
marked by expectation
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pregnant
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Noun edit
expectant (plural expectants)
- A person who expects or awaits something.
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Verb edit
expectant