Infructuose

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not yielding fruit.
  2. 2
    unfruitful; unprofitable archaic, figuratively

    "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"

Example

More examples

"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"

Etymology

Latin infructuosus.

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