Fructuous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fructuous \Fruc"tu*ous\, a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.]
     Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.]
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           Nothing fructuous or profitable.         --Chaucer.
     -- {Fruc"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fruc"tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.]


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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "fructuous":
     advantageous, advisable, appropriate, becoming, befitting,
     congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, expedient, favorable,
     feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, good, happy, likely,
     meet, opportune, politic, profitable, proper, recommendable, right,
     seasonable, seemly, sortable, suitable, timely, to be desired,
     useful, well-timed, wise, worthwhile