infecundous

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Etymology[edit]

See infecund.

Adjective[edit]

infecundous (comparative more infecundous, superlative most infecundous)

  1. (obsolete) infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive
    • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; [], London: [] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden [], →OCLC:
      That the Aristotelian Physiology cannot boast it-self the proper Author of any one Invention; is prægnant evidence of its infecundous deficiency: And 'twould puzzle the Schools to point at any considerable discovery, made by the direct, sole manuduction of Peripatetick Principles.