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fecund

adj
/ˈfɛk.ənd/UK/ˈfɛk.ənd/US

Etymology

From Middle French fécond, from Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), which is related to fētus and fēmina (“woman”).

  1. derived from fēcundus

Definitions

  1. Highly fertile

    Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.

    • The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.

  2. Leading to new ideas or innovation.

    • This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.

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Derived

fecundability, fecundate, fecundation, fecundify, fecundist, fecundize, fecundly, infecund, superfecund, unfecund

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA