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fecundity

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fe·cun·di·ty

[fi-kuhn-di-tee]
noun
1.
the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
2.
fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
3.
the capacity of abundant production: fecundity of imagination.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fēcunditās fruitfulness, fertility. See fecund, -ity

non·fe·cun·di·ty, noun
su·per·fe·cun·di·ty, noun
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fecundity (fɪˈkʌndɪtɪ)
 
n
1.  fertility; fruitfulness
2.  intellectual fruitfulness; creativity

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Word Origin & History

fecundity
early 15c., from L. fecunditatem fruitfulness, from fecundus (see fecund).
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Medical Dictionary

fecundity fe·cun·di·ty (fĭ-kŭn'dĭ-tē)
n.
The capacity for producing offspring, especially in abundance.

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