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fructuous
[ fruhk-choo-uhs ]
adjective
- productive; fertile; profitable:
a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
fructuous
/ ˈfrʌktjʊəs; ˈfrʊk- /
adjective
- productive or fruitful; fertile
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Derived Forms
- ˈfructuousness, noun
- ˈfructuously, adverb
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Other Words From
- fructu·ous·ly adverb
- fructu·ous·ness noun
- un·fructu·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fructuous1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin frūctuōsus, derivative of frūctus fruit; -ous
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fructuous1
C14: from Latin frūctuōsus , from frūctus fruit + -ous
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Example Sentences
Another branch of this umbrageous if not fructuous tree of lunar superstition is the moon's influence on human fortune.
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Hence we may perhaps prefer to read no-thing fructuous, as in Caxton and Thynne.
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And there is a full fair vale and a fructuous; and there is a fair city and a good that men clepe Neople.
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