Word of the Day: FECUND

fe·cund

adjective \ˈfe-kənd, ˈfē-\

: producing or able to produce many babies, young animals, or plants

1 : fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific

2 : intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree <a fecund imagination>

— fe·cun·di·ty noun

a fecund breed of cattle
<the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin>
The aloe in the backyard shows large fecundity
Nick Spero wishes he was fecund.

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fecundus — more at feminine

First Known Use: 15th century

Synonyms: cornucopian, fat, fertile, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich

Antonyms: barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive