Gravid
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Pregnant. figuratively
"In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from flower to flower through a sunlit world."
- 1 in an advanced stage of pregnancy wordnet
Example
More examples"In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from flower to flower through a sunlit world."
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
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