pregnant construction
pregnant construction · pregnant constructions
An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth…An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright)
Meaning
1 senses(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
plural: pregnant constructions| Singular | pregnant construction |
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See also
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