Gravid is an adjective meaning pregnant, or distended with or full of eggs.
Gravid es un adjetivo que significa embarazada, distendida o llena de huevos.
| Word | gravid |
|---|---|
| Date | November 1, 2016 |
| Type | adjective |
| Syllables | GRAV-id |
| Etymology | Gravid comes from Latin gravis, meaning "heavy." It can refer to a female who is literally pregnant, and it also has the figurative meanings of pregnant: "full or teeming" and "meaningful." Thus, a writer may be gravid with ideas as she sits down to write; a cloud may be gravid with rain; or a speaker may make a gravid pause before announcing his remarkable findings. |
| Examples | "We know by intuition and study that great books approach a condition both above and below human … and our job is to place ourselves somewhere on the continuum between those shifting poles, to welcome a gravid agitation …; to have our personhood both threatened and amplified." — William Giraldi, The New York Times, 26 Jan. 2014 "Her laugh overtakes her.… It's restorative; it brings light into her eyes and her high, round cheekbones into sharp relief. She has a radiance sometimes, almost gravid, and it's usually when she's been laughing." — Tom Junod, Esquire, 1 Feb. 2016 |
| Definition | 1 : pregnant 2 : distended with or full of eggs |
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