noun
Meaning 1
Great fecundity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
prolificacy
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noun
Meaning 2
Producing of a large number of literary or artistic works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he praised the richness of the soil
- weeds lovely in their rankness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: richness, rankness, fertility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fruitfulness, fecundity
History
Etymology
From its morphology, prolific + -acy.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: плодородие (plodorodie) — great fertility
- Irish: bisiúlacht — great fertility