Meanings
adjectiveinfructuose (comparative more infructuose, superlative most infructuose)
comparative more infructuose · superlative most infructuose
- Not yielding fruit.
- archaicfigurativelyunfruitful; unprofitable
April 1864, Boskousa, "Music of the Future" and "Anticipations" (letter to the editor) in The Musical World I am too irritable to listen to Wagner's music; in my opinion it is infructuose
Synonyms: unfructuous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveunfruitful; unprofitable
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Origin
- Latininfructuosus
- Englishinfructuose
Latin infructuosus.
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