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† proficuous, a. Obs.
[f. late L. prōficu-us (Cassiodorus) beneficial (f. prōfic-ĕre: see prec.) + -ous.]
Profitable, advantageous, beneficial, useful.
1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 107 The Law intends the immediate possession of such Tenements which be proficuous. 1665G. Harvey Advice agst. Plague 28 You may now believe nothing more proficuous against the Plague..than Phlebotomy. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 38 He for ever blest With like Examples, and to future Times Proficuous. |