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fecund

adjective

fe·​cund ˈfe-kənd How to pronounce fecund (audio) ˈfē- How to pronounce fecund (audio)
1
: fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
a fecund breed of cattle
2
: intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree
a fecund imagination
a fecund source of information
fecundity
fi-ˈkən-də-tē How to pronounce fecund (audio)
fe-
noun

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Fecund and its synonyms fruitful and fertile all mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit, literally or figuratively. Fecund applies to things that yield offspring, fruit, or results in abundance or with rapidity ("a fecund herd," "a fecund imagination"). Fruitful emphasizes abundance, too, and often adds the implication that the results attained are desirable or useful ("fruitful plains," "a fruitful discussion"). Fertile implies the power to reproduce ("a fertile egg") or the power to assist in reproduction, growth, or development ("fertile soil," "a fertile climate for artists").

Synonyms

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fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit.

fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth

fertile soil

; applied figuratively, it suggests readiness of invention and development.

a fertile imagination

fecund emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing fruit or offspring.

a fecund herd

fruitful adds to fertile and fecund the implication of desirable or useful results.

fruitful research

prolific stresses rapidity of spreading or multiplying by or as if by natural reproduction.

a prolific writer

Example Sentences

a fecund breed of cattle the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fecundus — more at feminine

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fecund was in the 15th century

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