prolific
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- prolifick (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
1640-1650: from French prolifique, from Latin proles (“offspring”) and facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˌpɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/, /ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Adjective [edit]
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 works in abundance
- 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, The Guardian:
- The most obvious beneficiary of the visitors' superiority was Frank Lampard. By the end of the night he was perched 13th in the list of England's most prolific goalscorers, having leapfrogged Sir Geoff Hurst to score his 24th and 25th international goals. No other player has managed more than the Chelsea midfielder's 11 in World Cup qualification ties, with this a display to roll back the years.
- 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, The Guardian:
Synonyms [edit]
- fertile
- (fertile, producing offspring or fruit in abundance) fecund
- (producing results or works in abundance) See also Wikisaurus:productive
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance
Similarly producing results or works in abundance
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References [edit]
- prolific in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
