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prolific

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"Highly productive"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cfiiloprStarts with PEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. bearing in abundance especially offspring

Word origin

First use appears c. 1635. From French prolifique and its etymon Latin prōlificus, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -ficus (“making”).

Used in a sentence

  • “A Chinese PhD student who is "one of the most prolific predators" in the UK has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 24 years.”
  • “The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]”

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