infecundous

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adjective

infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveinfecundous (comparative more infecundous, superlative most infecundous)

comparative more infecundous · superlative most infecundous

  1. obsoleteinfertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive

    That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Origin

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