gravid
/ˈɡɹævɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.95 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from flower to flower through a sunlit world."
- "The gravest problems of obstetrics and forensic medicine were examined with as much animation as the most popular beliefs on the state of pregnancy such as the forbidding to a gravid woman to step over a country stile lest, by her movement, the navelcord should strangle her creature"
- "One slender hand was raised in a graceful gesture gravid with meaning."
- "The minute she'd settled into the seat next to him, her billowing widow's rig had got redisposed to reveal her neatly gravid waistline, at which, now, he nodded."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin gravō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gravidusder. English gravid From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷreh₂-, gravidus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɹævɪd/
- British English: /ˈɡɹævɪd/
Inflected Forms
more gravid (comparative)
most gravid (superlative)