gravid

[grav-id]

adjective

1. pregnant.

gravid

/ ˈɡrævɪd /

adjective

1. the technical word for pregnant

Other Word Forms

• gravidity noun
• gravidness noun
• gravidly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravid¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin gravidus, “with child, with young, pregnant,” equivalent to grav(is) “heavy, weighty, burdened,” + -idus -id ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravid¹

C16: from Latin gravidus, from gravis heavy

Example Sentences

None of the gobies reproduced in captivity, but some of the females were “gravid” — or full of eggs.

From Los Angeles Times

Even more intriguing, the frog was clearly gravid, or pregnant with eggs.

From Salon

Relationship patterns among flightless stick insects suggest that birds disperse the eggs after eating gravid females.

From Science Daily

He saw in them gravid documents “created at the secret heart of this culture.”

From New York Times

For beer I am avid, So my gut sticks out “gravid.”

From Washington Post