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 Definitions of prolific  [əˈlɪf ɪk]  

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Definition of 'prolific' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) prolific
producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful.

2.  prolific
highly productive:
a prolific writer.

3.  prolific
characterized by abundant production:
a prolific year.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < ML prōlificus fertile)

Definition of 'prolific' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) fecund, fertile, prolific
intellectually productive
"a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"

2. (adj) prolific, fertile
bearing in abundance especially offspring
"flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"


Definition of 'prolific' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) prolific
having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like

2. (adj) prolific
serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil

3. (adj) prolific
proliferous



'prolific' - Nearby Entries  

pro-lifer  proliferation  prolific  prolificacy  proline  prolix  prolixity  



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