adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   fructuous; fruitful formal

   "Not high Olympus—nor your fructive earth, / E’er to such fairy-forms gave birth: […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

fruitful

Example

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"Not high Olympus—nor your fructive earth, / E’er to such fairy-forms gave birth: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English fructife, fructyff, from Latin frūctus + -yf (modern -ive).

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