proletaneous
proletaneous adjective: having numerous offspring.
Adjective
proletaneous (comparative more proletaneous, superlative most proletaneous)
- Having numerous offspring.
- When heads of families did their shopping, they could unostentatiously slip into "The Stoat and Hammer," and manage the business of the nation upon those drastic principles so dear to the hearts of the proletarian and proletaneous dwellers in Little Lambton Street.1895, George Brown Burgin, At Tuxter's, page 3
- Twinning also was very common in the flock to which this proletaneous ewe belonged, for last year 402 ewes had produced 642 lambs .1902 March 15, “Laws of Fecundity”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, page 669
Examples of proletaneous in a sentence
- They were conscious of Australia as once a convict colony and still a retreat for a proletariat over-proletaneous since machinery was making so many men superfluous in industry.2021, Miles Franklin, All That Swagger:
- What are a few things like that compared with proletaneous human beings?2021, Brent of Bin Bin, Back to Bool Bool:
Forms of proletaneous
| comparative | more proletaneous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most proletaneous |
Origin of proletaneous
Latin proletaneus.
Questions about proletaneous
- What does proletaneous mean?
- Proletaneous means having numerous offspring.
- How do you use proletaneous in a sentence?
- They were conscious of Australia as once a convict colony and still a retreat for a proletariat over-proletaneous since machinery was making so many men superfluous in industry.
- What part of speech is proletaneous?
- Proletaneous is an adjective.
Words near proletaneous in the dictionary
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