FRUCTUOUSLY

Etymology

Adverb

fructuously (comparative more fructuously, superlative most fructuously)

(archaic) fruitfully

Source: Wiktionary


FRUCTUOUS

Fruc"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.]

Definition: Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.] Nothing fructuous or profitable. Chaucer.

– Fruc"tu*ous*ly, adv.

– Fruc"tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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