Meanings
adjectivefruitious (comparative more fruitious, superlative most fruitious)
comparative more fruitious · superlative most fruitious
- fruitful
[…] so likewise do all Earths abound in some degree with a fruitious Salt, as may be proved from the great Quantities of Salt-petre that have been extracted from covered Grounds by the help of Water […]
1735, William Ellis, The Practice of Farming and Husbandry in All Sorts of Soils
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Origin
(See fruition) From fruit + -ious.
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fruitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruitious
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