infructuose
English
Etymology
Adjective
infructuose (comparative more infructuose, superlative most infructuose)
- Not yielding fruit.
- (archaic, figuratively) unfruitful; unprofitable
- April 1864, Boskousa, "Music of the Future" and "Anticipations" (letter to the editor) in The Musical World
- I am too irritable to listen to Wagner's music; in my opinion it is infructuose
- Synonym: unfructuous
- April 1864, Boskousa, "Music of the Future" and "Anticipations" (letter to the editor) in The Musical World
References
- “infructuose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
īnfrūctuōse
- vocative masculine singular of īnfrūctuōsus
References
- “infructuose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- infructuose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.