parturient

adjective

1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth.

   In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief.

2. About to create a new product, or float a new idea.

3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth.

4. Facilitating labour.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry parturient (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← partitiveparure →

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