the month of fruit: the twelfth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Aug 19 to Sept 22
Word origin
C18: from Latin frūctus fruit + Greek dōron gift
Fructidor in American English
(fʀʏktiˈdɔʀ)
noun
(in the French Revolutionary calendar)
the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16
Word origin
[1785–95; ‹ F ‹ L frūcti-fructi- + Gk dôron gift]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crossover, dualism, fossilize, logrolling, nitrogen