"lucriferous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more lucriferous [comparative], most lucriferous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin lucrum (“gain”) + -ferous. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lucrum||gain}} Latin lucrum (“gain”), {{af|en|-ferous}} -ferous Head templates: {{en-adj}} lucriferous (comparative more lucriferous, superlative most lucriferous)
  1. (obsolete) gainful; profitable Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lucriferous-en-adj-fDH9oVrv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ferous

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