Word:
Gravid
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Pregnant
: full of meaning or specified quality
Sentences:
1) The patient was a gravid woman in her seventh month.
2) The scene was gravid with unease.
Origin:
From Latin gravidus, from gravis meaning 'heavy'
First use:
1597
Synonyms:
big, caught, expecting, gone
Antonyms:
nonpregnant, unmeaningful.
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