fecundity
pronunciation
How to pronounce fecundity in British English:
UK [fɪ'kʌndətɪ]
How to pronounce fecundity in American English:
US [fɪˈkʌndətɪ]
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- Noun:
- the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
- the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
- the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
Word Origin
- fecundity (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin fecunditatem (nominative fecunditas) "fruitfulness, fertility," from fecundus "fruitful, fertile" (see fecund).
Example
- 1. After the world wars , europe never regained this fecundity .
- 2. Fecundity and frustration sum up the state of brazil these days .
- 3. In the worst places , fecundity tends to track instability .
- 4. They set out to discover whether female competition accounted for these impressive armaments , and whether there was a trade-off between horns and fecundity .
- 5. In only 14 years from now , thanks largely to the buffalo 's natural fecundity , apr will have over 5000 buffalo , the largest conservation herd on the planet .