word of the day - fecund
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scottobearfecund \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 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. :)