impregnant

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/ɪmˈpɹɛɡnənt/

adjective

not allowing entry: impregnable

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Meanings

impregnant1

adjectiveimpregnant (not comparable)
  1. Not pregnant.
    1. not comparableobsoletenot allowing entry: impregnable

      an impregnant citadale, having foure large bulwarks

      1643, William Lithgow, The present surveigh of London and England's state
    2. not comparableobsoleteunyielding

      Spirit[…] is impregnant upon their hearts

      a. 1690, Ezekiel Hopkins, The Nature and Necessity of Regeneration
    3. not comparableobsoleteunfertilized or infertile.

impregnant2

nounimpregnant (plural impregnants)

plural impregnants

  1. obsoleteThat which impregnates.

    It is the Pole , to which we turn , and our sympathizing Judgements seldom decline from the direction of this Impregnant

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
  2. that which is impregnated

    The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants.

Origin

impregnant · adjective

From im- (“not”) + pregnant.

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impregnant · noun

From impregn(ate) + -ant.

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APA

impregnant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impregnant

MLA

“impregnant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impregnant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impregnant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impregnant.

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