Fructuous \Fruc"tu*ous\, a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.] Fruitful; productive; profitable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nothing fructuous or profitable. --Chaucer. -- {Fruc"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fruc"tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]