Word of the Day for Monday, November 1, 2010
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enceinte \en-SEYNT\, adjective:
enceinte \en-SEYNT\, adjective:
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1. Pregnant; with child
1. Pregnant; with child
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noun:
noun:
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1. A wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
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Many moons have passed since that day in the small Kenyan village that the enceinte mother of the soon to be B.O. peacefully passed her time, waiting for the Anointed One to arrive, listening to the far off caterwauling of monkeys, an occasional roar of the lion or grunt of the pig, all the while plotting and scheming her chicanery on just how she was going to convince the doctors in Hawaii that the B.O. was, in fact, born on American soil!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Enceinte derives from the Latin cingere, "to belt, gird, or surround."
Enceinte derives from the Latin cingere, "to belt, gird, or surround."
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