a. Obs. Also 5 frut-. [ad. L. frūctuōs-us: see FRUCTUOUS and -OSE.] = FRUCTUOUS.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 181/2. Frutuose or full of frute … fructuosus.
c. 1450. trans. De Imitatione, I. xv. (1893), 17. What euer be doon of charite … is fructuose.
1524. St. Papers Hen. VIII., VI. 317. He may perceve the Kinges recommendations … to be unto him fructuose and to good purpose.
1727–36. in Bailey.
