gravid

[ grav-id ]
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Origin of gravid

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin gravidus, “with child, with young, pregnant,” equivalent to grav(is) “heavy, weighty, burdened,” + -idus -id4

Other words from gravid

  • gra·vid·i·ty [gruh-vid-i-tee], /grəˈvɪd ɪ ti/, grav·id·ness, noun
  • grav·id·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for gravid

gravid

/ (ˈɡrævɪd) /


adjective
  1. the technical word for pregnant

Origin of gravid

1
C16: from Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy

Derived forms of gravid

  • gravidity or gravidness, noun
  • gravidly, adverb

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