mid-14c., "unprofitable," from fruit + -less. Meaning "barren, sterile" is from 1510s. Related: Fruitlessly; fruitlessness.
a fruitless search
frugivorous
fruit
fruitcake
fruitful
fruition
fruitless
fruity
frumbierdling
frumentaceous
frumious
frump
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