overfruitful

comparative more overfruitful · superlative most overfruitful

1. Excessively fruitful.

   Rhyme bounds and circumscribes an overfruitful fancy.

   1668, John Dryden, Essay of Dramatick Poesie

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   In the Northern colonies shelter had to be sought from the storms and frosts of a rigorous climate. Food had to be gained mainly by the sweat of the brow, out of a soil in many parts not overfruitful, and everywhere needing labor and care.

   1980, Reuben Aldridge Guild, Early history of Brown University, page 19