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Impregnant
//ɪmˈpɹɛɡnənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. not-comparable, obsolete
Noun
- 1 That which impregnates. obsolete
"It is the Pole , to which we turn , and our sympathizing Judgements seldom decline from the direction of this Impregnant"
- 2 that which is impregnated
"The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From im- (“not”) + pregnant.
Etymology 2
From impregn(ate) + -ant.
See also for "impregnant"
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