infanticipate

present singular third person infanticipates · participle present infanticipating · participle past infanticipated · past infanticipated

1. informalintransitiveTo anticipate a child being born; to be expecting.

   My mother, who was born in 1911, always referred to a pregnant woman as “infanticipating”.

   [2015 September 23, Jennifer Salmon, “Letters: Foreign involvement in Hinkley Point highlights our shortage of skills”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2015

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   Wednesday afternoon Mr. Roy Robichaux of Montegut was sitting in the lobby of St. Ann’s hall infanticipating. His wife was in the labor room expecting twins.

   1956 October 5, Ossie Shivers Etherid, “Best Wishes for a Speedy Recovery: Roy Robichaux Spends Wed. Infanticipating”, in The Houma Courier, 78th year, number 39, Houma, La., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8

   Sharon is dressed in a dry bathing suit and Lynn in white pants and a green shirt that says “I’m Infanticipating.” She hates the shirt but feels obliged to wear it because it was a gift from Sharon.

   1982 July 26, Marian Thurm, “Floating”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2026, page 32

   The world’s most famous royal couple is infanticipating, awaiting the birth of a sibling for George, their plump-cheeked 14-month-old boy.

   2014 October 17, Ginger Adams Otis, “Kate looks great on trip to doc”, in Daily News, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1

   Congrats to rage comic Bill Burr, who announced on his Monday Morning Podcast with his wife, Nia, that the couple — married since 2013 — are infanticipating.

   2016 November 23, “Tattbits”, in Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, Pa., →OCLC, page 10, column 3