prolificnessn.

Brit.

/prəˈlɪfɪknᵻs/, U.S.

/prəˈlɪfɪknᵻs/,

/proʊˈlɪfɪknᵻs/

Forms: see prolific adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prolific adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < prolific adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being prolific (in various senses); esp. great or abundant fruitfulness or productiveness, productivity.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of

feracityc1420

fecundity1447

fertility1490

virility1598

fruitfulness1624

Priapus1637

procreativeness1655

breedingness1674

prolificness1678

prolificalness1699

polytoky1702

breediness1753

prolificacy1756

philoprogenitiveness1842

propagability1853

teemfulness1855

teeming1856

progenitiveness1868

fecundability1926

1678 R. Burthogge Organum Vetus & Novum 1 There is a Prolifickness in Books, that one produces another, and this a third, and so on without End.

1699 R. Burthogge Soul of World 39 As to the Prolifickness of Matter, I should think but few will allow thereof.

1731 S. Clarke & W. Whiston Whistoneutes 38 These things..the Prolificness of thy Brain, the Sprightliness of thy Imagination, the Verbosity of thy Pen, and the Decisiveness of thy Opinion are alone able to describe.

1750 T. Short New Observ. Bills of Mortality 148 Tho' idleness may be a Friend to Venery, yet it is not to Prolificness.

1769 R. W. Johnson New Syst. Midwifery i. vii. 49 The ovum..requires little more..than the prolific touch or vegetable principle from the farina, whereby its prolificness may be conveyed on by a succession.

1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature I. ix. 205 Let us add the immense prolificness of these insects what number of eggs they deposit, how often, how early they breed.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. iv. 228 The lists of annual births and marriages, did not, in all cases, express accurately the prolifickness of marriages.

1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 ii. 286 The black Tartarian [oat]..stands high for prolificness.

1887 A. J. Balfour in Pall Mall Gaz. 17 June 11/1 The newspaper reporters have shown even more than their usual prolificness of resource and fertility of imagination.

1911 E. R. Williams Plain-towns Italy ix. 343 The plague..reduced her population to..twenty thousand; but in a few years, with Italy's unending prolificness, the streets were again re-peopled.

1920 Times 24 May 5/5 In respect of egg production alone, there is no doubt about the prolificness of such a typical layer as the Indian runner duck.

1951 C. Gohdes in A. H. Quinn Lit. Amer. People xxxiii. 672 One stands in awe at the sheer bulk of the man's work, compared with which the prolificness of Hans Sachs or Lope de Vega seems ordinary.

2004 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 21 Mar. 12 f His amazing prolificness—by my informal count, this is his 50th book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prolificness
释义	prolificnessn. Brit. /prəˈlɪfɪknᵻs/, U.S. /prəˈlɪfɪknᵻs/, /proʊˈlɪfɪknᵻs/ Forms: see prolific adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prolific adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < prolific adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being prolific (in various senses); esp. great or abundant fruitfulness or productiveness, productivity. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of feracityc1420 fecundity1447 fertility1490 virility1598 fruitfulness1624 Priapus1637 procreativeness1655 breedingness1674 prolificness1678 prolificalness1699 polytoky1702 breediness1753 prolificacy1756 philoprogenitiveness1842 propagability1853 teemfulness1855 teeming1856 progenitiveness1868 fecundability1926 1678 R. Burthogge Organum Vetus & Novum 1 There is a Prolifickness in Books, that one produces another, and this a third, and so on without End. 1699 R. Burthogge Soul of World 39 As to the Prolifickness of Matter, I should think but few will allow thereof. 1731 S. Clarke & W. Whiston Whistoneutes 38 These things..the Prolificness of thy Brain, the Sprightliness of thy Imagination, the Verbosity of thy Pen, and the Decisiveness of thy Opinion are alone able to describe. 1750 T. Short New Observ. Bills of Mortality 148 Tho' idleness may be a Friend to Venery, yet it is not to Prolificness. 1769 R. W. Johnson New Syst. Midwifery i. vii. 49 The ovum..requires little more..than the prolific touch or vegetable principle from the farina, whereby its prolificness may be conveyed on by a succession. 1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature I. ix. 205 Let us add the immense prolificness of these insects what number of eggs they deposit, how often, how early they breed. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. iv. 228 The lists of annual births and marriages, did not, in all cases, express accurately the prolifickness of marriages. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 ii. 286 The black Tartarian [oat]..stands high for prolificness. 1887 A. J. Balfour in Pall Mall Gaz. 17 June 11/1 The newspaper reporters have shown even more than their usual prolificness of resource and fertility of imagination. 1911 E. R. Williams Plain-towns Italy ix. 343 The plague..reduced her population to..twenty thousand; but in a few years, with Italy's unending prolificness, the streets were again re-peopled. 1920 Times 24 May 5/5 In respect of egg production alone, there is no doubt about the prolificness of such a typical layer as the Indian runner duck. 1951 C. Gohdes in A. H. Quinn Lit. Amer. People xxxiii. 672 One stands in awe at the sheer bulk of the man's work, compared with which the prolificness of Hans Sachs or Lope de Vega seems ordinary. 2004 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 21 Mar. 12 f His amazing prolificness—by my informal count, this is his 50th book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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