Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Philoprogenitiveness, in a modified biological sense.
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- noun the condition of being able to produce offspring
Etymologies
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Examples
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Franklin's favorite themes, rational religion and philo - progenitiveness, the latter of which is a theme of
Dictionary of the History of Ideas A. OWEN ALDRIDGE 1968
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Nataly in old days, had marked philo-progenitiveness on his capacious and enviable cerebrum.
One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868
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He rubbed instinctively for the punctilio-bump, and could cheat his fancy to think a remainder of it there, just below, half an inch to the right of, the spot where a phrenologist, invited by Nataly in old days, had marked philo-progenitiveness on his capacious and enviable cerebrum.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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He rubbed instinctively for the punctilio-bump, and could cheat his fancy to think a remainder of it there, just below, half an inch to the right of, the spot where a phrenologist, invited by Nataly in old days, had marked philo-progenitiveness on his capacious and enviable cerebrum.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868
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In the spring they are under the impulse of philo-progenitiveness.
The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850
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Veneration, not very great; Philo-progenitiveness, strange to say, is very large, considering she has but one child; Imagination very strong: you know, my dear boy, she was always imagining some nonsense or another.
Mr. Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1820
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It makes no odds tho '-- kleen through and through -- I'm a-goin' mighty fast! "replied the widow, as four stout men raised her from the ground and carried her into the house, where her wounds were demonstrated to consist of a contusion on the bump of philo-progenitiveness, and the loss of a half square inch of the corrugated integument of her left knee.
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