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impregnant

/ɪmˈpɹɛɡnənt/

impregnant adjective: not allowing entry: impregnable.

Adjective

impregnant (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) not allowing entry: impregnable
    • an impregnant citadale, having foure large bulwarks1643, William Lithgow, The present surveigh of London and England's state
  2. (obsolete) unyielding
    • Spirit[…] is impregnant upon their heartsa. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Nature and Necessity of Regeneration
  3. (obsolete) unfertilized or infertile.

Noun

impregnant (plural impregnants)

  1. (obsolete) That which impregnates.
    • It is the Pole , to which we turn , and our sympathizing Judgements seldom decline from the direction of this Impregnant1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
  2. that which is impregnated
    • The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants.

Forms of impregnant

pluralimpregnants

Origin of impregnant

From im- (“not”) + pregnant.

From impregn(ate) + -ant.

Questions about impregnant

What does impregnant mean?
Impregnant means not allowing entry: impregnable.
What part of speech is impregnant?
Impregnant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce impregnant?
Impregnant is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹɛɡnənt/.

Words near impregnant in the dictionary

  1. impregn
  2. impregnability
  3. impregnable
  4. impregnableness
  5. impregnably
  6. impregnant
  7. impregnants
  8. impregnatable
  9. impregnate
  10. impregnated
  11. impregnates

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