Pronounced: SAT-uhr-nine, adj
Notes: I’ve run across this word several times, but I didn’t have the correct definition
Yesterday’s word
The word gravid means
- pregnant
- distended with or full of eggs
- full of meaning
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word gravis (heavy). It can refer to an actual pregnancy; it can also refer to the figurative meaning of “pregnant”; that is, “full; teeming” or “meaningful”. Therefore, a writer can be gravid with ideas; clouds may be gravid with rain, or a speaker may make a gravid pause.
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