prolific

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  1. adjective Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile.
  2. adjective Producing abundant works or results: a prolific artist. See Synonyms at fertile.

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  • Both the Irish race and the intermingled Pennsylvania Dutch were prolific, and the up-country of Pennsylvania soon overflowed. —  The Hoosier Schoolmaster
  • The negroes proper interested him greatly; they were numerous, prolific, and could not be extirpated. —  The Personal Life Of David Livingstone
  • You were clever and genetically prolific, and that's a good combination for those who would rule. —  Poland
  • “The white butterfly is extraordinarily prolific, and to catch a few in the garden is a complete waste of time. —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
  • Make sure you get every'thing we might need. —  The Black Hole
 

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  1. French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prōlificus : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see al-2 in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.

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  1. from French prolifique = Spanish prolífico = Portuguese Italian prolifico, from Middle Latin *prolificus, producing offspring, from Latin proles, offspring, + facere, make, produce: see -fic. Cf. prolify.
 

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