This week’s theme
Ugly words

This week’s words
plethora
comestible
myriad
nugatory
fructify

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Words originating in running

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PRONUNCIATION:

(FRUHK-tuh-fy, FROOK-)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.: To make or become fruitful.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin fructificare (to bear fruit), from fructus (fruit). Earliest documented use: 1325.

USAGE:

“Rampant paranoia may be ... ultimately cathartic or fructifying, rendering conspiracy nugatory.”
James Morrison; Passport to Hollywood; SUNY Press; 1998.

See more usage examples of fructify in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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