polyphiloprogenitiveadj.
/ˌpɒlɪfɪlə(ʊ)prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌfɪloʊˌproʊˈdʒɛnədɪv/ Very prolific or fecund.In quot. 1919 perhaps influenced by philoprogenitive adj. 2.
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the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > gifted or talented > of talents: prolific
polyphiloprogenitive1919
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] > prolific
pregnant?a1475
fertile-headed1632
fertile1730
polyphiloprogenitive1919
1919 T. S. Eliot Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service in Poems Polyphiloprogenitive The sapient sutlers of the Lord Drift across the window-panes.
1963 Punch 4 Sept. 358/3 There remains his polyphiloprogenitive invention, which occasionally pushes a story across the starting line if you can bear the writing.
1983 M. Atwood Bluebeard's Egg 276 My parents ricochet from garden to garden, mulching, watering, pulling up the polyphiloprogenitive weeds.
2001 Nature 15 Feb. 769/2 The maps, or the sequences, are just the start of many lines of research, polyphiloprogenitive, multiply multiple genome projects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1919