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Gravid

//ˈɡɹævɪd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in an advanced stage of pregnancy wordnet

Etymology

From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).

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