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单词 proliferent
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proliferentadj.

Brit. /prəˈlɪf(ə)rənt/, U.S. /prəˈlɪf(ə)rənt/, /proʊˈlɪf(ə)rənt/
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prolifer , -ent suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < post-classical Latin prolifer (see proliferous adj.) + -ent suffix. Compare French proliférant , present participle of proliférer proliferate v. (1920 or earlier in use as adjective). Compare earlier prolific adj.
rare.
Tending to proliferate; engaged in proliferation; prolific.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective]
bearinglOE
fruitfula1300
plenteousc1325
fructuousa1382
birthful?c1475
fertile1481
broodya1522
yielding1556
foisonous1570
procreant1588
generative1597
yieldy1598
childing1600
seedful1605
thankful1610
foisonable1613
prolifical1615
fecundous1630
feracious1637
prolific1653
fetiferous1654
floriferous1656
productive1672
fœtant1678
spawning1682
uberousa1706
populous?1789
productible1830
grateful1832
resultful1833
genetic1838
tumid1840
polyphorous1858
generant1875
proliferent1920
1920 J. Joyce Ulysses Nausicca in Little Rev. Sept. 81 Solicitude for that proliferent continuance.
1973 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 25 Mar. 6 b/5 In a week or ten days, it will have recovered from its proliferent urge, and again be amenable to human society.
1996 Nucleonics Week (Nexis) 17 Oct. 18 Use of MOX by the U.S. might, in some..cases, ‘provide modest political cover for would-be proliferent states to pursue and justify plutonium production capabilities’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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