Fructuous | a. [ L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux. ] Fruitful; productive; profitable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer. -- Fruc"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Fruc"tu*ous*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fractious | a. [ Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager, E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel. ] Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse. Syn. -- Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse; pettish. -- Frac"tious*ly, v. -- Frac"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |