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prolificness
pro·lif·ic P0590800 (prə-lĭf′ĭk)adj.1. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile: a prolific variety of grape.2. Producing or characterized by abundant works or results: a prolific artist; a prolific period in a writer's life. See Synonyms at fertile.
[French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prōlificus : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see al- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.]
pro·lif′i·ca·cy (-ĭ-kə-sē), pro·lif′ic·ness (-ĭk-nĭs) n.pro·lif′i·cal·ly adv.ThesaurusprolificnessnounThe quality or state of being fertile:fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness, productivity, prolificacy, richness.
Prolificness
ProlificnessAbrahampromised countless descendants by God. [O.T.: Genesis 13:16]Aegyptusfathered 50 sons, who married the daughters of his twin brother Danaus. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 11]Danausfathered 50 daughters, who married the sons of his twin brother Aegyptus. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 11]Flanders, Molladventuress bears a dozen children to various mates. [Br. Lit.: Moll Flanders in Magill I, 614]Lester, Jeeterand Ada hapless sharecroppers with seventeen children. [Am. Lit.: Caldwell Tobacco Road]old woman who lived in a shoe“had so many children she didn’t know what to do.” [Nursery Rhyme: Baring-Gould, 85]rabbitprogenitor of many offspring at short intervals. [Zoology: Misc.]MedicalSeeprolificprolificness
Synonyms for prolificnessnoun the quality or state of being fertileSynonyms- fecundity
- fertility
- fruitfulness
- productiveness
- productivity
- prolificacy
- richness
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