fructuous

[ fruhk-choo-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

productive; fertile; profitable:
a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.

fructuous

/ ˈfrʌktjʊəs; ˈfrʊk- /

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin frūctuōsus, derivative of frūctus fruit; -ous

C14: from Latin frūctuōsus , from frūctus fruit + -ous

Another branch of this umbrageous if not fructuous tree of lunar superstition is the moon's influence on human fortune.

Hence we may perhaps prefer to read no-thing fructuous, as in Caxton and Thynne.

And there is a full fair vale and a fructuous; and there is a fair city and a good that men clepe Neople.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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