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infructuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-fruc-tu-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not fruitful.

Indian usage; Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fructuous English infructuous From in- + fructuous.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more infructuous (comparative) most infructuous (superlative)

Derived Forms

infructuously

Synonyms

unfruitful fruitless unproductive ineffective

Questions

What does infructuous mean?
Not fruitful.
Where does infructuous come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fructuous English infructuous From in- + fructuous.

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