fecund

fe·cund

adj \ˈfe-kənd, ˈfē-\

Definition of FECUND

1

: fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific

2

: intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree <a fecund imagination>

— fe·cun·di·ty \fi-ˈkən-də-tē, fe-\ noun

Examples of FECUND

1. a fecund breed of cattle
2. <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>

Origin of FECUND

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

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to FECUND

Synonyms: cornucopian, fat, fertile, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich

Antonyms: barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive

Related Words: bearing, generative, producing, yielding; abounding, abundant, bountiful; copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plentitudinous; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving; creative, inventive, original

Near Antonyms: meager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse

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See Synonym Discussion at fertile

Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate

Rhymes with FECUND

second