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fruitful
English
Alternative forms
- fruitfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit +? -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?u?tf?l/
- Hyphenation: fruit?ful
Adjective
fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful)
- Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.
- Synonym: fertile
- Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful
- Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:productive
- Antonym: unfruitful
Synonyms
- fruitious (obsolete)
Related terms
- fruitfully
- fruitfulness
Translations
References
- fruitful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fruitful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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luscious
English
Alternative forms
- lushious (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of *lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) +? -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52).
An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
luscious (comparative more luscious, superlative most luscious)
- Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
- 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz
- There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
- 1863, H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
- Sexually appealing; seductive.
- Obscene.
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