prolificacyn.

Brit.

/prəˈlɪfᵻkəsi/, U.S.

/prəˈlɪfᵻkəsi/,

/proʊˈlɪfᵻkəsi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prolific adj., -acy suffix.

Etymology: Irregularly < prolific adj. + -acy suffix, perhaps after efficacy n. Compare earlier prolificity n., prolificalness n., prolificness n.

The quality or fact of being prolific; fertility, fruitfulness; productiveness, esp. (in later use) of livestock in respect of young.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun]

plenteoustea1382

fatnessc1420

feracityc1420

fruitfulheadc1450

fruitfulness1509

exuberancy1649

unbarrenness1656

efficience1669

teemingness1674

prolificity1718

generativeness1727

productiveness1727

prolificacy1756

productivity1818

fructuousness1855

teeming1856

plenteousness1864

populousness1881

fruition1885

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of

feracityc1420

fecundity1447

fertility1490

virility1598

fruitfulness1624

Priapus1637

procreativeness1655

breedingness1674

prolificness1678

prolificalness1699

polytoky1702

breediness1753

prolificacy1756

philoprogenitiveness1842

propagability1853

teemfulness1855

teeming1856

progenitiveness1868

fecundability1926

1756 W. Maitland Hist. London (new ed.) I. i. xxv. 235/1 A little lower on the Hillock sat St. Anne, surrounded by her Progeny, one of whom made a notable Oration to the Queen, touching the Prolificacy of its Mother.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 754 From the natural prolificacy of the negro race.

1802 Eng. Encycl. VIII. 451/2 Potatoes do not degenerate in point of prolificacy.

1834 H. O'Brien Round Towers Ireland 399 Consider..the prolificacy of its soil.

1884 Sat. Rev. 1 Nov. 576/1 Defoe, with all his versatility and all his prolificacy, wrote but one Robinson Crusoe.

1926 V. A. Rice Breeding & Improvement of Farm Animals v. 61 ‘Prolificacy’ implies especially frequent or numerous production.

1962 G. MacEwan Blazing Old Cattle Trail i. 3 A strong point about the longhorns was their prolificacy.

1984 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 14 He cites her prolificacy—she still writes 20 books a year.

2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 23 Nov. 48 The most profitable breeding enterprises, cattle and sheep, had better prolificacy, lower mortality and better growth rates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prolificacy
释义	prolificacyn. Brit. /prəˈlɪfᵻkəsi/, U.S. /prəˈlɪfᵻkəsi/, /proʊˈlɪfᵻkəsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prolific adj., -acy suffix. Etymology: Irregularly < prolific adj. + -acy suffix, perhaps after efficacy n. Compare earlier prolificity n., prolificalness n., prolificness n. The quality or fact of being prolific; fertility, fruitfulness; productiveness, esp. (in later use) of livestock in respect of young. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] plenteoustea1382 fatnessc1420 feracityc1420 fruitfulheadc1450 fruitfulness1509 exuberancy1649 unbarrenness1656 efficience1669 teemingness1674 prolificity1718 generativeness1727 productiveness1727 prolificacy1756 productivity1818 fructuousness1855 teeming1856 plenteousness1864 populousness1881 fruition1885 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > quality or capacity of feracityc1420 fecundity1447 fertility1490 virility1598 fruitfulness1624 Priapus1637 procreativeness1655 breedingness1674 prolificness1678 prolificalness1699 polytoky1702 breediness1753 prolificacy1756 philoprogenitiveness1842 propagability1853 teemfulness1855 teeming1856 progenitiveness1868 fecundability1926 1756 W. Maitland Hist. London (new ed.) I. i. xxv. 235/1 A little lower on the Hillock sat St. Anne, surrounded by her Progeny, one of whom made a notable Oration to the Queen, touching the Prolificacy of its Mother. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 754 From the natural prolificacy of the negro race. 1802 Eng. Encycl. VIII. 451/2 Potatoes do not degenerate in point of prolificacy. 1834 H. O'Brien Round Towers Ireland 399 Consider..the prolificacy of its soil. 1884 Sat. Rev. 1 Nov. 576/1 Defoe, with all his versatility and all his prolificacy, wrote but one Robinson Crusoe. 1926 V. A. Rice Breeding & Improvement of Farm Animals v. 61 ‘Prolificacy’ implies especially frequent or numerous production. 1962 G. MacEwan Blazing Old Cattle Trail i. 3 A strong point about the longhorns was their prolificacy. 1984 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 14 He cites her prolificacy—she still writes 20 books a year. 2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 23 Nov. 48 The most profitable breeding enterprises, cattle and sheep, had better prolificacy, lower mortality and better growth rates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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