prægnant

See also: prägnant

English

Adjective

prægnant (comparative more prægnant, superlative most prægnant)

1. Obsolete spelling of pregnant.
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

     That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.

   • 1701, John Norris, An essay towards the theory of the ideal or intelligible world, page 235:

     The Mind of God as it is Eternally prægnant with them,ſo it Eternally Views and contemplates them, and all things in them,but does not make them.

Derived terms

• prægnancy

Danish

Etymology

From Latin praegnāns, a later variant of praegnās (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛjnant/, [pʰʁ̥ɛjˈnanˀd̥] or IPA^(key): /prɛɡnant/, [pʰʁ̥ɛɡ̊ˈnanˀd̥]

Adjective

prægnant

1. concise, pithy
2. (adverbial) concisely, pithily

Inflection

Inflection of prægnant

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	prægnant	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	prægnant	—	—2
plural	prægnante	—	—2
definite attributive1	prægnante	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• kortfattet, koncis, ordknap, lakonisk

Related terms

• prægnans ("conciseness", "pithiness")