child-great

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child-great

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From child + great (“pregnant”) (obsolete), an alternative manner of saying “great with child”. Compare big with child and heavy with child.

adjective child-greater · more child-great · child-greatest · most child-great

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.
Similar: expecting, great, heavy

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@misc{child_great_2026,
  title = {child-great},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/child-great},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}