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.
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
OTHER WORDS FROM fecund
non·fe·cund, adjective un·fe·cund, adjectiveWords nearby fecund
feck,
fecking,
feckless,
fecula,
feculent,
fecund,
fecundate,
fecundation,
fecundity,
fed,
fed to the gills
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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
Medical definitions for fecund
fecund
[ fē′kənd, fĕk′ənd ]
adj.
Capable of producing offspring; fertile.