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enceinte - adj., pregnant, with child.
Especially in advanced pregnancy. Pronounced ehn-SAHNT. From French, probably from Late Latin incincta, pregnant, lit. ungirdled, from in- + cincta, feminine of cinctus, the past participle of cingere, to gird, and so a cognate with cinch.
---L.
Especially in advanced pregnancy. Pronounced ehn-SAHNT. From French, probably from Late Latin incincta, pregnant, lit. ungirdled, from in- + cincta, feminine of cinctus, the past participle of cingere, to gird, and so a cognate with cinch.
---L.
