fecund — extremely fruitful; producing offspring, crops, or results abundantly
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: extremely fruitful; producing offspring, crops, or results abundantly
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈfiːkənd/
Example Sentences
- My grandmother's fecund garden produces enough tomatoes to feed the entire neighborhood.
- Shakespeare's fecund creativity gave us 39 plays and 154 sonnets in just 23 years.
- His fecund brain for excuses produced 'my goldfish ate my homework' when he forgot his assignment.
fecund
ADJECTIVE[/ˈfiːkənd/]
extremely fruitful; producing offspring, crops, or results abundantly
The fecund valley bursts with crops, fruit trees, and grazing herds every season.
Fee can'd produce abundance - fecund farmer's fruitful harvest!
The second harvest was reckoned most fecund!
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Latin 'fecundus' meaning fertile or fruitful, derived from the root 'fecundare' meaning to make fertile or produce offspring.
Breakdown
fecund (Latin fecundus: fe- (related to fertility/generation) + -cund (able to produce) = capable of producing abundantly)
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📝Examples
“My grandmother's fecund garden produces enough tomatoes to feed the entire neighborhood.”
“Shakespeare's fecund creativity gave us 39 plays and 154 sonnets in just 23 years.”
“His fecund brain for excuses produced 'my goldfish ate my homework' when he forgot his assignment.”
“The Silicon Valley tech scene is a fecund breeding ground for innovative startups.”
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