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prolific
 
SYLLABICATION:pro·lif·ic
PRONUNCIATION:  pr-lfk
ADJECTIVE:1. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile. 2. Producing abundant works or results: a prolific artist. See synonyms at fertile.
ETYMOLOGY:French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prlificus : Latin prls, prl-, offspring; see al-2 in Appendix I + Latin -ficus, -fic.
OTHER FORMS:pro·lifi·ca·cy (--k-s) , pro·lific·ness (-k-ns) —NOUN
pro·lifi·cal·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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