Nothing fructuous or profitable. --Chaucer. -- {Fruc"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fruc"tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
fructuous — index fertile, productive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fructuous — [fruk′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < OFr < L fructuosus < fructus, FRUIT] fruitful; productive … English World dictionary
fructuous — adjective Date: 14th century fruitful < a fructuous land > … New Collegiate Dictionary
fructuous — fructuously, adv. fructuousness, n. /fruk chooh euhs/, adj. productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources. [1350 1400; ME < L fructuosus, deriv. of fructus fruit; see OUS] * * * … Universalium
fructuous — adj. full of or producing fruit. Etymology: ME f. OF fructuous or L fructuosus (as FRUIT) … Useful english dictionary
fructuous — adjective fruitful ... and there is a fulle fair vale and a fructuouse, and there is a fair cytee and a gode, that men clepen Neople … Wiktionary
fructuous — Synonyms and related words: advantageous, advisable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, good, happy, likely, meet, opportune, politic,… … Moby Thesaurus
fructuous — adj. fertile, fruitful, productive … English contemporary dictionary
fructuous — [ frʌktjʊəs] adjective formal full of or producing a great deal of fruit. Origin ME: from L. fructuosus, from fructus fruit … English new terms dictionary
fructuous — fruc·tu·ous … English syllables
