Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fruitfulness; great productiveness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Prolificness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Great
fertility . - noun Producing of a large number of
literary orartistic works .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
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Examples
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On the topic of things that are “steadily growing in prolificacy,” so do cockroaches.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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Dej Productions, a direct-to-video outlet that’s steadily growing in prolificacy, brings you a story about a man and his bomb.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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I used to have a book called Bob Dylan: In His Own Words (you could get others in the series for people like The Beatles etc.), and there was a funny quote in it, not from Dylan, but from someone else complaining about his prolificacy.
Odd Inspirations « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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Burke was a letter-writing legend both for his passion and his prolificacy.
The Riff: Why DC Comics is right to bring back the letters columns of yore Michael Cavna 2011
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Yes, some famous writers wrote their best work when under the influence but they sacrificed their life expectancy for forced prolificacy.
Eat and Drink Write Eeleen Lee 2010
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Yes, some famous writers wrote their best work when under the influence but they sacrificed their life expectancy for forced prolificacy.
Archive 2010-02-01 Eeleen Lee 2010
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That's a remarkable achievement, a prolificacy unimagined only two decades ago, and the only way to do it is to raise pigs in astonishing, unprecedented concentrations.
Josh Nelson: The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield 2009
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Has anyone in recent decades been able to review her work without mentioning prolificacy?
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Has anyone in recent decades been able to review her work without mentioning prolificacy?
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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I admire the steadfastness of Aung San Suu Kyi, the prolificacy of Stephen King, the single-mindedness of the Dalai Lama, the insight of Susan Sontag, the rakishness of Clive Owen.
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