Definition of philoprogenitive in English:
philoprogenitive
adjective ˌfɪlə(ʊ)prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtɪvˌfiləprōˈjenədiv
formal 1Having many offspring.
a philoprogenitive ill-paid artisan
Example sentencesExamples
- Passed off as the 15th child of his philoprogenitive grandparents, he seems never to have known the true story of his birth.
- By firmly anchoring each woman's fate in Henry's failure to be philoprogenitive - most crucially in not producing male heirs - Fraser makes a major contribution to feminist scholarship.
- 1.1 Showing love towards one's offspring.
Example sentencesExamples
- Now perhaps some people of philoprogenitive proclivities may be led to imagine that a tender gush of paternity is to follow just here.
Derivatives
noun
formal In The Next Million Years he maintained that over-population is the greatest of our problems and that, on the reasonable assumption that philoprogenitiveness is an inherited characteristic, our chances of dealing satisfactorily with it are small.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then along comes a lady from the adoption agency who seems to be able to inspire a good deal more philoprogenitiveness in the husband than is inspired by his wife.
Definition of philoprogenitive in US English:
philoprogenitive
adjectiveˌfiləprōˈjenədiv
formal 1Having many offspring.
the philoprogenitive senator
Example sentencesExamples
- By firmly anchoring each woman's fate in Henry's failure to be philoprogenitive - most crucially in not producing male heirs - Fraser makes a major contribution to feminist scholarship.
- Passed off as the 15th child of his philoprogenitive grandparents, he seems never to have known the true story of his birth.
- 1.1 Showing love toward one's offspring.
Example sentencesExamples
- Now perhaps some people of philoprogenitive proclivities may be led to imagine that a tender gush of paternity is to follow just here.