Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FER-TIL'I-TY
FER-TIL'I-TY, n. [L. fertilitas.]
- Fruitfulness; the quality of producing fruit in abundance; as, the fertility of land, ground, soil, fields and meadows.
- Richness; abundant resources; fertile invention; as, the fertility of genius, of fancy or imagination.
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