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improlific

improlific adjective: not prolific.

Adjective

improlific (comparative more improlific, superlative most improlific)

  1. (obsolete) not prolific
    • […]though he had so strong a brain and body, yet he lived and died childless, inter-commoning therein with many Worthies, who are, according to Elius Spartianus, either improlific, or have children in genitorum vituperium et famarum Icesuram.1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

Forms of improlific

comparativemore improlific
superlativemost improlific

Origin of improlific

From im- + prolific.

Questions about improlific

What does improlific mean?
Improlific means not prolific.
What part of speech is improlific?
Improlific is an adjective.

Words near improlific in the dictionary

  1. improfitability
  2. improfitable
  3. improgressive
  4. improgressively
  5. improgressiveness
  6. improlific
  7. impromanga
  8. impromangas
  9. impromidine
  10. improminent
  11. imprompt

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