"pregnant construction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pregnant constructions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pregnant construction (plural pregnant constructions)
  1. (rhetoric, archaic) An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright). Tags: archaic, rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-pregnant_construction-en-noun-itr18DrU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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