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infecundous

infecundous adjective: infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive.

Adjective

infecundous (comparative more infecundous, superlative most infecundous)

  1. (obsolete) infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive
    • That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Forms of infecundous

comparativemore infecundous
superlativemost infecundous

Origin of infecundous

See infecund.

Questions about infecundous

What does infecundous mean?
Infecundous means infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive.
What part of speech is infecundous?
Infecundous is an adjective.

Words near infecundous in the dictionary

  1. infecund
  2. infecundability
  3. infecundable
  4. infecundities
  5. infecundity
  6. infecundous
  7. infeeble
  8. infeebled
  9. infeebles
  10. infeebling
  11. infeed

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