prægnant
See also: prägnant
English
editAdjective
editprægnant (comparative more prægnant, superlative most prægnant)
- Obsolete spelling of pregnant.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
- That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.
- 1701, John Norris, An essay towards the theory of the ideal or intelligible world, page 235:
- The Mind of God as it is Eternally prægnant with them,ſo it Eternally Views and contemplates them, and all things in them,but does not make them.
Derived terms
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin praegnāns, a later variant of praegnās (“pregnant”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editprægnant
Inflection
editInflection of prægnant | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | prægnant | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | prægnant | — | —2 |
Plural | prægnante | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | prægnante | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
edit- prægnans ("conciseness", "pithiness")