child-great en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From child + great.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Pregnant.
Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed / A tardy labour; but (without great heed) / If over it a Child-great Woman stride, / Instant abortion often doth betide.
1605 [1578], Josuah, transl. Sylvester, “The Third Day of the First Week”, in Devine Weekes and Workes, translation of La Premiere Sepmaine by Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, lines 693–696:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most child-great | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more child-great | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |