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unˈfruitfulness
(un-1 12; cf. prec.)
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Infœcunditas,..barrainenesse: vnfruitefulnesse. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 158 The little Pullets, or Hennes,..both for their vnfruitfulnesse, and other causes. 1615Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xi. v, The unfruitfulness of Hannah. 16..Middleton, etc. Old Law ii. i, We judge Dotage complete then, as unfruitfulness In women at threescore. 1707Mortimer Husb. 527 The great Point to be taken care of about Fruit Trees, which is the Unfruitfulness of them. 1764H. Walpole Otranto i, I divorce her from this hour. Too long has she cursed me by her unfruitfulness. 1850R. I. Wilberforce Holy Baptism 35 It is unreasonable..to complain of that unfruitfulness [of baptism] which results from their own neglect. 1873B. Stewart Conserv. Force v. 140 The unfruitfulness of the earlier views. |