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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)

  1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.
    Synonym: fertile
    Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful
  2. 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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progenitive

English

Adjective

progenitive (comparative more progenitive, superlative most progenitive)

  1. Being able to produce offspring, reproductive

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