fructuous

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• Fructuous — Fruc tu*ous, a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.] Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer. {Fruc tu*ous*ly}, adv. {Fruc tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fructuous — index fertile, productive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• fructuous — [fruk′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < OFr < L fructuosus < fructus, FRUIT] fruitful; productive …   English World dictionary

• fructuous — adjective Date: 14th century fruitful < a fructuous land > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fructuous — fructuously, adv. fructuousness, n. /fruk chooh euhs/, adj. productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources. [1350 1400; ME < L fructuosus, deriv. of fructus fruit; see OUS] * * * …   Universalium

• fructuous — adj. full of or producing fruit. Etymology: ME f. OF fructuous or L fructuosus (as FRUIT) …   Useful english dictionary

• fructuous — adjective fruitful ... and there is a fulle fair vale and a fructuouse, and there is a fair cytee and a gode, that men clepen Neople …   Wiktionary

• fructuous — Synonyms and related words: advantageous, advisable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, good, happy, likely, meet, opportune, politic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fructuous — adj. fertile, fruitful, productive …   English contemporary dictionary

• fructuous — [ frʌktjʊəs] adjective formal full of or producing a great deal of fruit. Origin ME: from L. fructuosus, from fructus fruit …   English new terms dictionary

• fructuous — fruc·tu·ous …   English syllables