fecund
[ fee-kuhnd, -kuh nd, fek-uhnd, -uh nd ]
/ ˈfi kʌnd, -kənd, ˈfɛk ʌnd, -ənd /
adjective
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.
very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance.
Nearby words
fecking, feckless, fecklessly, fecula, feculent, fecund, fecundate, fecundation, fecundatory, fecundity, fed
Origin of fecund
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fēcundus, equivalent to fē- (see fetus) + -cundus adj. suffix; replacing late Middle English fecounde < Anglo-French
Related forms
non·fe·cund, adjectiveun·fe·cund, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for fecund
fecund
/ (ˈfiːkənd, ˈfɛk-) /
adjective
greatly productive; fertile
intellectually productive; prolific
Word Origin for fecund
C14: from Latin fēcundus; related to Latin fētus offspring
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Medicine definitions for fecund
fecund
[ fē′kənd, fĕk′ənd ]
adj.
Capable of producing offspring; fertile.
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