prolificalnessn.
/prəˈlɪfɪklnəs/, U.S. /prəˈlɪfᵻk(ə)lnəs/, /proʊˈlɪfᵻk(ə)lnəs/ Now rare.
= prolificness n.
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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
1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 27 Their great inclination to Marry, because of their Narrow and Frugal way of Living, and their prolificalness, and aptitude for Generation.
1702 G. Hamond Modest Enq. Guardian Angel 2 An argument fetcht from the goodness of God, which is Infinite Fecundity and Prolificalness, is as conclusive as any Demonstration in Euclide.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 490 They felt..the sterility in contrast with the exceeding prolificalness of Babylonia.
1869 E. B. Pusey Parochial & Cathedral Serm. (1883) xxvi. 365 Yet sin has a terrible, infective prolificalness, a hideous progeny.
1996 Hist. Teacher 29 444 The Vietnamese elite did indeed engage in the discourse of Neo-Confucian commentaries and criticism across national boundaries, but with none of the prolificalness of their East Asian neighbours.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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