adjective
- having (an) offspring developing in the uterus; that has conceived; with young or with child
- mentally fertile; prolific of ideas; inventive
- productive of results; fruitful: a pregnant cause
- full of meaning, significance, etc.: a pregnant silence
- filled (with); abounding
Origin:
ME preignant < L pregnans (gen. pregnantis), heavy with young < prae-, before (see pre-) + base of OL gnasci, to be born (see genus)