fecund C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈfɛk.ənd/ UK /ˈfɛk.ənd/ See IPA manual Freq #81902 Meanings 1 adj Leading to new ideas or innovation. This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · leading to new ideas or... fertileproductiveprolific Word family Derived forms fecundabilityfecundatefecundationfecundifyfecundistfecundizefecundlyinfecundsuperfecundunfecund Related forms fecundity Common collocations fecund imagination Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle French fécond, from Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), which is related to fētus and fēmina (“woman”). Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fecund **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfɛk.ənd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfɛk.ənd/ **Frequency rank:** 81902 ## Meanings 1. Leading to new ideas or innovation. ## Examples - This idea of Aristotle's has proved marvellously fecund; and in truth it is the only idea covering quite the whole area of cenoscopy that has shown any marked uberosity. ## Synonyms - fertile - productive - prolific ## Derived Forms - fecundability - fecundate - fecundation - fecundify - fecundist - fecundize - fecundly - infecund - superfecund - unfecund ## Related Forms - fecundity ## Etymology From Middle French fécond, from Latin fēcundus (“fertile”), which is related to fētus and fēmina (“woman”). ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown