different between proliferous vs fecund

English

Adjective

proliferous (comparative more proliferous, superlative most proliferous)

1. producing many offspring; prolific or proliferative
2. (botany) producing many buds or offshoots from leaves or flowers
3. (zoology) reproducing by budding

Related terms

• proliferate
• proliferation
• proliferative
• prolific

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)

1. (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
2. (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.

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)

1. fruitful

Declension

Related terms

• fecunda
• fecunditate