Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-FER'TILE
UN-FER-MENT'EDUN-FER'TILE-NESS
UN-FER'TILE, a.
- Not fertile; not rich; not having the qualities necessary to the production of good crops.
- Barren; unfruitful; bare; waste.
- Not prolific. [This word is not obsolete, but infertile is much used instead of it.]
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