Gravid

WORD OF THE DAY


gravid \ GRAV-id \ adjective


Definition
1 : pregnant
2 : distended with or full of eggs


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


Did You Know?
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