Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - barren
Barren
barren
adj. & n. --adj. (barrener, barrenest) 1 a unable to bear young. b unable to produce fruit or vegetation. 2 meagre, unprofitable. 3 dull, unstimulating. 4 (foll. by of) lacking in (barren of wit). --n. a barren tract or tracts of land esp. (in pl.) in N. America. Derivatives barrenly adv. barrenness n. Etymology: ME f. AF barai(g)ne, OF barhaine etc., of unkn. orig.
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English bareine, from Anglo-French barain, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Welsh brynar fallow land Date: 13th century not reproducing: as, incapable of producing offspring, not yet or not recently pregnant, habitually failing to fruit, not productive: as, producing little or no vegetation ; desolate , producing inferior crops , unproductive of results or gain ; fruitless , devoid, lacking, lacking interest or charm , lacking inspiration or ideas , see: bare ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1651 an extent of usually level land having an inferior growth of trees or little vegetation, a tract of ~ land ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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