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单词 proficuous
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proficuousadj.

Brit. /prəˈfɪkjʊəs/, U.S. /prəˈfɪkjəwəs/, /proʊˈfɪkjəwəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin proficuus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin proficuus profitable, advantageous, beneficial, useful (6th cent.; < classical Latin prōficere to make progress, to profit (see proficient n. and adj.) + -uus , suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare proficacious adj.
rare.
Profitable; beneficial, useful.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective]
fremefulc1000
i-duȝea1250
hendyc1275
begetela1325
profitablea1325
speedful1340
worth1340
speedyc1380
behoveful1382
fructuousc1386
fruitfulc1386
vailable1390
availantc1420
availingc1420
commodious1420
commodous?1440
available1474
behovablea1475
advantageousc1485
profitly1485
beneficiala1513
advantageable1548
sanative1548
gainful1555
vantageable1570
vantageous?1572
gainy1573
comfortable1576
conducent1578
advantageous1591
bootful1594
availful1598
conducible?1611
commoditous1621
conducing1624
conduceful1635
proficuousa1642
proficaciousa1660
beneficenta1676
conducive1710
benefactory1744
benignant1791
sanatorya1832
beneficiary1836
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) 107 The Law intends the immediate possession of such Tenements which be proficuous.
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague xviii. 28 You may now believe nothing more proficuous against the Plague..than Phlebotomy.
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 38 He for ever blest With like Examples, and to future Times Proficuous.
1788 T. Denham Temporal Govt. of Pope's State xxv. 237 An immense sum..which, if employed in encouraging the manufacture of..the natural products of the country, would certainly have been more proficuous to the public weal.
1899 T. Veblen Theory of Leisure Class vi. 123 The master for whom it [sc. perfunctory service] is performed is exalted above the vulgar need of actually proficuous service on the part of his servants.
1975 Jrnl. Human Resources 10 3 We wish to thank..Christopher Gibbons for proficuous programming assistance.
1992 Video Age Internat. (Nexis) Apr. 64 Today, it has found a more proficuous application in expanding cable program capacity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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