单词 | unfruitfulness |
释义 | unfruitfulnessn. (un- prefix1 6; cf. unfruitfully adv.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] unkinda1200 barrenhoodc1380 barrennessa1382 geldheada1400 sterility1535 sterileness1558 unfruitfulness1565 infecundity1605 deadness1611 infertility1869 subfertility1917 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun] > condition of not bearing fruit unfruitfulness1707 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness fruitlessness1615 sterility1661 profitlessness1822 bootlessness1830 unfruitfulness1850 resultlessness1852 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Infœcunditas,..barrainenesse: vnfruitefulnesse. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 158 The little Pullets, or Hennes,..both for theyr vnfruitfulnesse, and other causes. 1615 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. III. O.T. xi. 405 The vnfruitfulnesse of Anna. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) ii. 15 We judge Dotage compleat then, as unfruitfullnesse In Women at threescore. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 527 The great Point to be taken care of about Fruit Trees, which is the Unfruitfulness of them. 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto i I divorce her from this hour. Too long has she cursed me by her unfruitfulness. 1850 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism (ed. 3) 35 It is unreasonable..to complain of that unfruitfulness [of baptism] which results from their own neglect. 1873 B. Stewart Conservation of Energy v. 140 The unfruitfulness of the earlier views. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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