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pregnant construction

pregnant construction noun: an utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright).

Noun

pregnant construction (plural pregnant constructions)

  1. (archaic, rhetoric) An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright)

Forms of pregnant construction

pluralpregnant constructions

Questions about pregnant construction

What does pregnant construction mean?
Pregnant construction means an utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright).
What part of speech is pregnant construction?
Pregnant construction is a noun.
What is the plural of pregnant construction?
The plural of pregnant construction is pregnant constructions.

Words near pregnant construction in the dictionary

  1. pregnanones
  2. pregnant
  3. pregnant and barefoot
  4. pregnant chad
  5. pregnant chads
  6. pregnant construction
  7. pregnant constructions
  8. pregnant denial
  9. pregnant denials
  10. pregnant man
  11. pregnant parentheses

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