fecund

[ fee-kuhnd, -kuhnd, fek-uhnd, -uhnd ]

/ ˈfi kʌnd, -kənd, ˈfɛk ʌnd, -ənd /

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adjective

producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.

very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance.

Origin of fecund

1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin fēcundus, equivalent to fē- (see fetus) + -cundus adj. suffix; replacing late Middle English fecounde<Anglo-French

OTHER WORDS FROM fecund

non·fe·cund, adjectiveun·fe·cund, adjective

Words nearby fecund

feck, fecking, feckless, fecula, feculent, fecund, fecundate, fecundation, fecundity, fed, fedayee

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Example sentences from the Web for fecund

Best to go with the fecund middle period, three novels sometimes referred to as “The London Trilogy.”
Remedial Reader: The Essential Martin Amis|Ronald K. Fried|August 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Whether he was writing about sex, golf, or life in a small town, the fecund mind who gave the world Rabbit was never at rest.
John Updike's Final Chapter|Daphne Merkin|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Ours is, scarcely less than the British, a living and fecund system.
Congressional Government|Woodrow Wilson
A rich and fecund land, held originally in big estates, now beginning to be cut up into the smaller farms of the fruit growers.
In to the Yukon|William Seymour Edwards

A complete bibliography of such a fecund illustrator as Sir John Gilbert would need a volume to itself.
English Illustration 'The Sixties': 1855-70|Gleeson White
It was bliss, it was the nucleolating of the fecund darkness.
The Rainbow|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
A woman who has one child has proved that she is fecund, but has not proved that she is fertile.
The Task of Social Hygiene|Havelock Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for fecund

fecund

/ (ˈfiːkənd, ˈfɛk-) /

adjective

greatly productive; fertile

intellectually productive; prolific

Word Origin for fecund

C14: from Latin fēcundus; related to Latin fētus offspring

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for fecund

fecund

[ fē′kənd, fĕk′ənd ]

adj.

Capable of producing offspring; fertile.

单词	fecund
释义	fecund [ fee-kuhnd, -kuhnd, fek-uhnd, -uhnd ] / ˈfi kʌnd, -kənd, ˈfɛk ʌnd, -ənd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fecund ON THESAURUS.COM adjective producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland. very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance. Origin of fecund 1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin fēcundus, equivalent to fē- (see fetus) + -cundus adj. suffix; replacing late Middle English fecounde<Anglo-French OTHER WORDS FROM fecund non·fe·cund, adjectiveun·fe·cund, adjective Words nearby fecund feck, fecking, feckless, fecula, feculent, fecund, fecundate, fecundation, fecundity, fed, fedayee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fecund Best to go with the fecund middle period, three novels sometimes referred to as “The London Trilogy.” Remedial Reader: The Essential Martin Amis\|Ronald K. Fried\|August 24, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Whether he was writing about sex, golf, or life in a small town, the fecund mind who gave the world Rabbit was never at rest. John Updike's Final Chapter\|Daphne Merkin\|January 29, 2009\|DAILY BEAST Ours is, scarcely less than the British, a living and fecund system. Congressional Government\|Woodrow Wilson A rich and fecund land, held originally in big estates, now beginning to be cut up into the smaller farms of the fruit growers. In to the Yukon\|William Seymour Edwards A complete bibliography of such a fecund illustrator as Sir John Gilbert would need a volume to itself. English Illustration 'The Sixties': 1855-70\|Gleeson White It was bliss, it was the nucleolating of the fecund darkness. The Rainbow\|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence A woman who has one child has proved that she is fecund, but has not proved that she is fertile. The Task of Social Hygiene\|Havelock Ellis British Dictionary definitions for fecund fecund / (ˈfiːkənd, ˈfɛk-) / adjective greatly productive; fertile intellectually productive; prolific Word Origin for fecund C14: from Latin fēcundus; related to Latin fētus offspring Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fecund breeding, fertile, fruitful, pregnant, prolific, rich, teeming, spawning, fructiferous, generating, propagating, reproducing Medical definitions for fecund fecund [ fē′kənd, fĕk′ənd ] adj. Capable of producing offspring; fertile. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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fecund

adjective

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adjective

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Medical definitions for fecund

adj.