fecund
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kʌnd, -kənd, ˈfɛk adjective
1.
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.
2.
very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fēcundus, equivalent to fē- (see fetus) + -cundus adj. suffix; replacing late Middle English fecounde < Anglo-French
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, adjective
un·fe·cund, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | greatly productive; fertile |
| 2. | intellectually productive; prolific |
| [C14: from Latin fēcundus; related to Latin fētus offspring] | |
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Word Origin & History
fecund
early 15c., from O.Fr. fecond, from L. fecundus "fruitful, fertile," from *fe-kwondo-, suffixed form of L. base *fe-, corresponding to PIE *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle," also "produce, yield" (cf. Skt. dhayati "sucks," dhayah "nourishing;" Gk. thele "mother's breast, nipple," thelys "female, fruitful;"
O.C.S. dojiti "to suckle," dojilica "nurse," deti "child;" Lith. dele "leech;" O.Prus. dadan "milk;" Goth. daddjan "to suckle;" O.Swed. dia "suckle;" O.H.G. tila "female breast;" O.Ir. denaim "I suck," dinu "lamb"). Also from the same L. base come felare "to suck;" femina "woman" (*fe-mna-, lit. "she who suckles"); felix "happy, auspicious, fruitful;" fetus "offspring, pregnancy;" fenum "hay" (probably lit. "produce"); and probably filia/filius "daughter/son," assimilated from *felios, originally "a suckling."
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fecund fe·cund (fē'kənd, fěk'ənd)
adj.
Capable of producing offspring; fertile.
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Example sentences
As will all rockfishes, coppers are viviparous and highly fecund.
The social-media sites are touting their expertly tended, notably fecund, but still fenced-in offerings.
Yet no matter how fecund nature is, humans are more so.
The red shiner is moderately fecund, but its realized fecundity is high due to a protracted spawning season.
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