What does fecund mean?
Fecund means (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring..
Fecund
/ˈfɛk.ənd/ · adjective
Meaning
(formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring..
Definitions by Sense
- (formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
- (figuratively) Leading to new ideas or innovation.
Example Sentences
The number of children per woman depends, as has been said, on biological and social factors which determine: (1) the frequency of births during a woman's fecund period, and (2) the portion of the fecund period--between puberty and menopause--effectively utilized for reproduction.
The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.
This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity.
Synonyms for fecund
Antonyms for fecund
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Word Forms
- more fecund
- most fecund
- fœcund
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for fecund?
Common synonyms include fruitful, battle, childing, fertile.
What is the opposite of fecund?
Possible antonyms include barren, infecund, unproductive.
How do you use fecund in a sentence?
The number of children per woman depends, as has been said, on biological and social factors which determine: (1) the frequency of births during a woman's fecund period, and (2) the portion of the fecund period--between puberty and menopause--effectively utilized for reproduction.
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