infecund

[ in-fee-kuhnd, -fek-uhnd ]

adjective

1. not fecund; unfruitful; barren.

infecund

/ ɪnˈfiːkənd; ˌɪnfɪˈkʌndɪtɪ /

adjective

1. a less common word for infertile

Derived Forms

• infecundity, noun

Other Words From

• in·fe·cun·di·ty [in-fi-, kuhn, -di-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of infecund¹

1375–1425; late Middle English infecounde < Latin infēcundus. See in- ³, fecund

Example Sentences

Does it not require much fuller demonstration than the author anywhere presents to convince the ordinary mind that a people that has shown such physical vitality for so long a period, has all at once, in a single decade, become comparatively infecund and threatened with extinction?

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Antonyms: ineffervescence, defervescence. effete, a. exhausted, infecund, unfruitful, wasted, barren. efficacious, a. potent, effectual, effective, productive.

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Associated words: gauntree, cooper, bilge, stave, hoop, chine. barren, a. sterile, agenestic, infecund, unprolific, unprocreant; unproductive, unfruitful, unfertile, effete, desert; unprofitable, fruitless, unremunerative, empty; stupid, dull, unimaginative, prosaic, devoid, uninspiring, uninteresting.

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Antonyms: infertile infecund, barren. fertility, n. fruitfulness, fecundity, richness.

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Associated word: novercal. steps, n. pl. stairs; stile; perron. sterile, a. barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific. sterility, v. barrenness, infecundity, unproductiveness.

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Related Words

• helpless
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• incapable
• incompetent
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