Thursday, October 1, 2015

Word of the Day

enceinte
\en-SEYNT, ahn-SANT; French ahn-SANT\

adjective
1. pregnant; with child.

Quotes
They are places where women who are enceinte are given meals free and no questions are asked.
-- George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, 1933

Origin
Enceinte is of uncertain origin. It entered English via Middle French, but it ultimately derives from the Late Latin term incincta meaning "ungirded."

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