word of the day - fecund
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fecund \FEE-kuhnd; FEK-uhnd\, adjective:
1. Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific.
2. Intellectually productive or inventive.
Fecund comes from Latin fecundus, "fruitful, prolific." The noun form is fecundity.
1. Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful; prolific.
2. Intellectually productive or inventive.
Fecund comes from Latin fecundus, "fruitful, prolific." The noun form is fecundity.
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Date: 2001-08-19 09:57 am (UTC)I don't think I will ever use this word.
Too abrupt sounding.
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Date: 2001-08-19 10:25 am (UTC)A nice compliment that sounds like an insult.
"You've a really fecund mind, don't you!"
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Date: 2001-08-19 12:37 pm (UTC)Aw well.. just as well. I probably deserved one form somewhere else. :)
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Date: 2001-08-19 11:29 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-19 12:35 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-08-19 12:39 pm (UTC)I made a good guess!
Date: 2001-08-19 12:36 pm (UTC)par·tu·ri·ent (pär-tr-nt, -tyr-)
adj.
About to bring forth young; being in labor.
Of or relating to giving birth.
About to produce or come forth with something, such as an idea or a discovery.
Latin parturins, parturient- present participle of parturre, to be in labor, from partus, past participle of parere, to give birth. See per-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
par·turi·en·cy n.
Re: I made a good guess!
Date: 2001-08-19 12:39 pm (UTC)