First Known Use: 15th century
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fecund
adjective fe·cund \ˈfe-kənd, ˈfē-\
: producing or able to produce many babies, young animals, or plants
Full Definition of FECUND
1
: fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
2
: intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree <a fecund imagination>
— fe·cun·di·ty \fi-ˈkən-də-tē, fe-\ noun
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Origin of FECUND
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fecundus — more at feminine
Related to FECUND
- Synonyms
- cornucopian, fat, fertile, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich
- Antonyms
- barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive
Synonym Discussion of FECUND
fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit. fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth <fertile soil>; applied figuratively, it suggests readiness of invention and development <a fertile imagination>. fecund emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing fruit or offspring <a fecund herd>. fruitful adds to fertile and fecund the implication of desirable or useful results <fruitful research>. prolific stresses rapidity of spreading or multiplying by or as if by natural reproduction <a prolific writer>.
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fecund
adjective fe·cund \ˈfek-ənd, ˈfēk-\
Medical Definition of FECUND
1
: characterized by having produced many offspring
2
: capable of producing : not sterile or barren
—fe·cun·di·ty \fi-ˈkən-dət-ē, fe-\ noun, plural fe·cun·di·ties
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