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noun
The state or quality of being fruitful; exuberant abundance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: productiveness, fertility, fecundity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fecundity
Antonyms: fruitlessness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility, productiveness, productivity
noun
the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fecundity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
History
Etymology tree English fruitful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fruitfulness From fruitful + -ness.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
