fecundadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɛk(ə)nd/,

/ˈfɛkʌnd/,

/ˈfiːk(ə)nd/,

/ˈfiːkʌnd/, U.S.

/ˈfɛkənd/,

/ˈfikənd/

Forms: Middle English–1600s fecond, Middle English fecounde, 1600s foecund, 1500s– fecund.

Etymology: < French fecond, < Latin fēcundus fruitful. In the 16th cent. the spelling was refashioned after Latin.

a. Of animals, the earth, etc.: Capable of producing offspring or vegetable growth abundantly; prolific, fertile. In later use often distinguished from fertility n. (see quot. 1904). Cf. fecundity n. Otherwise somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective]

bearingOE

genderinga1398

multiplyinga1400

fecundc1420

broodya1522

fruitful1526

breeding1552

procreant1588

procreative1598

increasing1600

broodious1602

prolifical1608

conceptiousa1616

plenteousa1616

conceptive1630

feracious1637

propagatory1647

prolific1650

proliferous1654

propagative1654

progenial1664

teemful1755

progenitive1769

breedy1824

proligerous1836

progenital1837

philoprogenitive1857

eugenesic1864

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 77 Make a dyche, and yf the moolde abounde And wol not in agayne, it is fecounde.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 985 That wol make all fecundare On every side.

1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. B.vii^v He was so fecunde a father, and had gotten soo many chyldren.

1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 594 Animals fecond enough.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 489 The most Benign and Fecund Begetter of all things.

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants i. iv. App. 33 Thorns, from the outer, and less fecund Part.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 30 The Nourishment and Growth of the Embrio Seed after its Germe is made fecund.

1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 769 A difference is drawn between fecundity and fertility. Thus women of Irish birth in Australia are less fecund than women born either in New South Wales or in Scotland, but they are more fertile. In other words fewer Irish women have children, but to those who are fecund more children are born.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abundantly produced or producing

fecundc1400

facund?1504

bountifula1538

redundant?1611

fertilea1616

fruitful1629

prolific1665

productive1672

spawning1682

tousy1895

c1400 Test. Love (1560) iii. 294/2 Al your workes be cleped fecond.

1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Authentic Mem. W. Hastings (new ed.) 54 The most considerable..of Mr. Burke's political apophthegms seem to quit their fecund parent..when they are matured.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 166 This is..fecund of other fault and misfortune.

1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 19 The printing presses of Paris..so prolific and fecund in all kind of fruit.

1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 784/2 The most brilliant and fecund era in the history of music.

2. Producing fertility, fertilizing. Cf. fecundity n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] > making or made productive

fructifyingc1374

prolific1635

impregnant1643

fecund1686

fructescent1862

the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] > making

vegetative?a1450

fertile1597

impregnating1705

fecund1827

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. x. 289 We are troubled with Aquatique Signs, as if our Aspect was most Foecund.

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. xv. 28 Which yielded, in return for the fecund gift, a scanty growth of grass.

Derivatives

ˈfecundness n. the state of being fecund.

ΚΠ

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fecund
释义	fecundadj. Brit. /ˈfɛk(ə)nd/, /ˈfɛkʌnd/, /ˈfiːk(ə)nd/, /ˈfiːkʌnd/, U.S. /ˈfɛkənd/, /ˈfikənd/ Forms: Middle English–1600s fecond, Middle English fecounde, 1600s foecund, 1500s– fecund. Etymology: < French fecond, < Latin fēcundus fruitful. In the 16th cent. the spelling was refashioned after Latin. 1. a. Of animals, the earth, etc.: Capable of producing offspring or vegetable growth abundantly; prolific, fertile. In later use often distinguished from fertility n. (see quot. 1904). Cf. fecundity n. Otherwise somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] bearingOE genderinga1398 multiplyinga1400 fecundc1420 broodya1522 fruitful1526 breeding1552 procreant1588 procreative1598 increasing1600 broodious1602 prolifical1608 conceptiousa1616 plenteousa1616 conceptive1630 feracious1637 propagatory1647 prolific1650 proliferous1654 propagative1654 progenial1664 teemful1755 progenitive1769 breedy1824 proligerous1836 progenital1837 philoprogenitive1857 eugenesic1864 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 77 Make a dyche, and yf the moolde abounde And wol not in agayne, it is fecounde. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 985 That wol make all fecundare On every side. 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. B.vii^v He was so fecunde a father, and had gotten soo many chyldren. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 594 Animals fecond enough. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 489 The most Benign and Fecund Begetter of all things. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants i. iv. App. 33 Thorns, from the outer, and less fecund Part. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 30 The Nourishment and Growth of the Embrio Seed after its Germe is made fecund. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 769 A difference is drawn between fecundity and fertility. Thus women of Irish birth in Australia are less fecund than women born either in New South Wales or in Scotland, but they are more fertile. In other words fewer Irish women have children, but to those who are fecund more children are born. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > abundantly produced or producing fecundc1400 facund?1504 bountifula1538 redundant?1611 fertilea1616 fruitful1629 prolific1665 productive1672 spawning1682 tousy1895 c1400 Test. Love (1560) iii. 294/2 Al your workes be cleped fecond. 1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Authentic Mem. W. Hastings (new ed.) 54 The most considerable..of Mr. Burke's political apophthegms seem to quit their fecund parent..when they are matured. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 166 This is..fecund of other fault and misfortune. 1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 19 The printing presses of Paris..so prolific and fecund in all kind of fruit. 1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 784/2 The most brilliant and fecund era in the history of music. 2. Producing fertility, fertilizing. Cf. fecundity n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] > making or made productive fructifyingc1374 prolific1635 impregnant1643 fecund1686 fructescent1862 the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] > making vegetative?a1450 fertile1597 impregnating1705 fecund1827 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. x. 289 We are troubled with Aquatique Signs, as if our Aspect was most Foecund. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. xv. 28 Which yielded, in return for the fecund gift, a scanty growth of grass. Derivatives ˈfecundness n. the state of being fecund. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400
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