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prolificness|prəʊˈlɪfɪknɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being prolific; prolificity, prolificacy. a. Capacity of bearing offspring or fruit. b. Great or abundant fruitfulness or productiveness.
1698R. Burthogge Soul of World (1699) 39 As to the Prolifickness of Matter, I should think but few will allow thereof. 1798Malthus Popul. ii. ix. (1806) II. 6 It is probable that the natural prolifickness of women is nearly the same in most parts of the world. 1853Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIV. ii. 286 The black Tartarian [oat]..stands high for prolificness. 1884Manch. Exam. 6 May 5/5 The salmon rivers of England and Wales..showed remarkable prolificness last year. 1887A. J. Balfour in Pall Mall G. 17 June 11/1 The newspaper reporters have shown even more than their usual prolificness of resource and fertility of imagination. |