fœcund

English

Adjective

fœcund (comparative more fœcund, superlative most fœcund)

1. (hypercorrect) Obsolete form of fecund.
   • 1739, Richard Bradley, chapter IX, in A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature, page 136:

     On the contrary, if we examine the Eggs of Animals before they have been rendered fœcund by the Male, we cannot obſerve the leaſt Principle of the Animal.