Meanings
adjectivelactific (comparative more lactific, superlative most lactific)
comparative more lactific · superlative most lactific · alternative lactifical
- Producing or yielding milk.
The necklace of clear rock-crystal, still commonly worn by wet-nurses, is a survival of the belief in the lactific virtue of this variety of limpid quartz.
2003, E. P. Evans, Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture, page 37
Origin
- Latinlac
- Englishlactific
From Latin lac, lactis (“milk”) + facere (“to make”).
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Rhymes with lactific
specificpacificscientificterrificprolifichorrificinterspecifichieroglyphichonorificcalorifictranspacificunspecificconspecificsoporificpseudoscientificsalvificcolorificcalcificacidificalgificallospecificanaglyphicanticalcificantiprolific
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APA
lactific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactific
MLA
“lactific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactific. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lactific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lactific.
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