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infecund, a.|ɪnˈfɛkʌnd|
[ad. L. infēcund-us f. in- (in-3) + fēcundus fecund; cf. F. infécond (15th c.). Formerly infeˈcund (so in J.).]
Not fecund, prolific, or fruitful; barren, unproductive.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 667 Tak noon [pheasants] but of oon yeer; for, infecounde Are old. 1664Evelyn Sylva 51 That little infecund part of the seed. a1770Smart Hop Gard. i. Poems (1810) 37/1 The next Is arid, fetid, infecund, and gross. 1885E. F. Byrrne Entangled II. ii. viii. 255 How cold, infecund, and unpromising. |