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breeding
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?i?d??/
- Rhymes: -i?d??
Etymology 1
From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.
Noun
breeding (countable and uncountable, plural breedings)
- Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
- The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
- The act of copulation in animals.
- The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
- Nurture; education; formation of manners.
- Descent; pedigree; extraction.
- (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
Derived terms
- inbreeding
- outbreeding
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *br?dende, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.
Adjective
breeding (not comparable)
- Of, relating to or used for breeding.
- Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Derived terms
- breeding ground
Verb
breeding
- present participle of breed
- Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
Anagrams
- beringed, bigender
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fecund
English
Alternative forms
- fœcund (hypercorrect, obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French fécond, from Latin fecundus (“fertile”), which is related to f?tus and f?mina (“woman”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?.k?nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fi?.k?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Adjective
fecund (comparative more fecund, superlative most fecund)
- (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.
- 1906, Charles Sanders Pierce, "The Basis of Pragmatism in the Normative Sciences", in The Essential Pierce: Selected Philosophical Writings, volume II, page 373
- This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.
- 1906, Charles Sanders Pierce, "The Basis of Pragmatism in the Normative Sciences", in The Essential Pierce: Selected Philosophical Writings, volume II, page 373
Synonyms
- (highly fertile): fertile
- (leading to new ideas or innovation): fertile, productive, prolific
Related terms
- fecundity
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French fécond, from Latin fecundus.
Adjective
fecund m or n (feminine singular fecund?, masculine plural fecunzi, feminine and neuter plural fecunde)
- fruitful
Declension
Related terms
- fecunda
- fecunditate
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