fecund

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

adjective

1. producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful:

   fecund parents; fecund farmland.

2. very productive or creative intellectually:

   the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance.

fecund

/ ˈfiːkənd; ˈfɛk- /

adjective

1. greatly productive; fertile
2. intellectually productive; prolific

Other Words From

• non·fecund adjective
• un·fecund adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fecund¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fēcundus, equivalent to fē- ( fetus ) + -cundus adj. suffix; replacing late Middle English fecounde < Anglo-French

Word History and Origins

Origin of fecund¹

C14: from Latin fēcundus ; related to Latin fētus offspring