uberous

English

Etymology

Formed from Latin uber (“full, fruitful, fertile, abundant, plentiful, copious, productive”) and the suffix -ous.

Adjective

uberous (comparative more uberous, superlative most uberous)

1. (archaic) Fruitful.

   Synonyms: abundant, copious, plentiful

   • 1869, Robert Browning, “IX. Juris Doctor Johannes-Baptista Bottinius.”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, pages 177–178, lines 51–53:

     Each feminine delight of florid lip, / Eyes brimming o'er and brow bowed down with love, / Marmoreal neck and bosom uberous,— […]

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