Complete Definition of "fruitful"

English

Etymology
From fruit + -ful

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
  2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

#: The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all - I got promoted

Quotations
RQ:Authorized Version Genesis, I, 22

Related terms
fruitfully
fruitfulness

Translations
trans-top|favorable to the groth
German: fruchbar
trans-mid
Spanish: fértil
trans-bottom

trans-top|productive, yielding benefits
German: fruchbar
trans-mid
Spanish: fértil
trans-bottom

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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