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prolific
English
Alternative forms
- prolifick (obsolete)
Etymology
1640–1650: from French prolifique, from Latin proles (“offspring”) and facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p???l?f.?k/, /?p?o??l?f.?k/
- Rhymes: -?f?k
- Hyphenation: pro?li?fic
Adjective
prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)
- Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance
- 2007, Ted Jones, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, 58:
- However appealing Antibes may be to migrant authors, indigenous ones are relatively scarce. A notable exception is Jacques Audiberti, Antibes-born novelist and prolific playwright who wrote in the turn-of-the-century surrealist style, with titles that translate as Slaughter, or In Favour of Infanticide.
- 2007, Ted Jones, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, 58:
- (botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
Synonyms
- fertile
- (producing offspring or fruit in abundance): fecund
- (producing results or works in abundance): See also Thesaurus:productive
Derived terms
Translations
References
- prolific in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Romanian
Etymology
From French prolifique
Adjective
prolific m or n (feminine singular prolific?, masculine plural prolifici, feminine and neuter plural prolifice)
- prolific
Declension
Related terms
- prolificitate
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underleaf
English
Etymology
under- +? leaf
Noun
underleaf (plural underleaves)
- A lower leaf on a plant.
- (obsolete) A prolific kind of cider apple.
Anagrams
- flaneured
underleaf From the web:
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