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prolifick

prolifick is the obsolete spelling of prolific.

Meaning of prolific

Adjective

prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)

  1. Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
    Synonyms:
    fecund
  2. Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance.
    • However appealing Antibes may be to migrant authors, indigenous ones are relatively scarce. A notable exception is Jacques Audiberti, Antibes-born novelist and prolific playwright who wrote in the turn-of-the-century surrealist style, with titles that translate as Slaughter, or In Favour of...2007, Ted Jones, The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, page 58
  3. Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
  4. Copious; plentiful; abundant.
    • The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 202

Forms of prolifick

comparativemore prolifick
superlativemost prolifick

Questions about prolifick

What is prolifick the obsolete spelling of?
Prolifick is the obsolete spelling of prolific.

Words near prolifick in the dictionary

  1. prolificates
  2. prolificating
  3. prolification
  4. prolifications
  5. prolificity
  6. prolifick
  7. prolificly
  8. prolificness
  9. prolificy
  10. prolified
  11. prolifigate

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