fecundity
Americannoun
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the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
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fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
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the capacity of abundant production.
fecundity of imagination.
noun
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fertility; fruitfulness
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intellectual fruitfulness; creativity
Other Word Forms
- nonfecundity noun
- superfecundity noun
Etymology
Origin of fecundity
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fēcunditās fruitfulness, fertility. See fecund, -ity
Example Sentences
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Why do so many of us spend money and effort sweeping all that fecundity away?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
The blessing has been a tradition on Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, when priests would bless cows, horses and goats at La Placita Church “to help ensure health, fecundity and productivity.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2024
The tests also found that adult male fish exposed to bifenthrin an cyhalothrin as larvae had smaller gonads than the control group, while the second generation had increased fecundity.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
They could also help scientists better understand our planet’s fecundity and predict how lifeforms may use carbon in the future.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 17, 2023
The fecundity of many forms of life is almost beyond our power to imagine, though now and then we have suggestive glimpses.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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