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infructuose

infructuose adjective: not yielding fruit.

Adjective

infructuose (comparative more infructuose, superlative most infructuose)

  1. Not yielding fruit.
  2. (archaic, figuratively) unfruitful; unprofitable
    • April 1864, Boskousa, "Music of the Future" and "Anticipations" (letter to the editor) in The Musical World
      I am too irritable to listen to Wagner's music; in my opinion it is infructuose
    Synonyms:
    unfructuous

Synonyms of infructuose

Forms of infructuose

comparativemore infructuose
superlativemost infructuose

Origin of infructuose

Latin infructuosus.

Questions about infructuose

What does infructuose mean?
Infructuose means not yielding fruit.
What part of speech is infructuose?
Infructuose is an adjective.

Words near infructuose in the dictionary

  1. infront
  2. infront of
  3. infructescence
  4. infructescences
  5. infructiferous
  6. infructuose
  7. infructuous
  8. infructuously
  9. infrugal
  10. infrugiferous
  11. infrustrable

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