pregnant

[Klimt]

pregnant

1. having a child or other offspring developing in the body; with child or young, as a woman or female mammal.

2. fraught, filled, or abounding (usually fol. by with): a silence pregnant with suspense.

3. teeming or fertile; rich (often fol. by in): a mind pregnant in ideas.

4. full of meaning; highly significant: a pregnant utterance.

5. of great importance or potential; momentous: a pregnant moment in the history of the world.

[Slava]

Wow, hard to believe we haven't seen preggers come through to date. Interesting word, fraught with meanings. Or is that pregnant?

[LukeJavan8]

And my comment

"interesting word, enjoyed it"

is considered off balance??????

[beck123]

All of the associations make good words in themselves:

Fertile, fecund, ripe, natal (pre- and post-,) partum (pre- and post-,) parturition - a fertile area, ripe for investigation. Any takers?

[LukeJavan8]

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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L praegnant- (s. of praegnāns), var. of praegnās, equiv. to prae- pre- + *gnāt- (akin to (g)nātus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending


A word that has been around for a long time, despite the
fact that it could not be used on TV in
the early days of that medium

[beck123]

The only thing that should have been used on TV in the early days was a heavy mallet. Today, too.

[LukeJavan8]

And it should be used on producers as well, the idiot
things they come up for programming. Reality TV.
Many have not had a 'pregnant' thought in years.