philoprogenitive

adjective

Prolific, or producing many offspring.

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Meanings

adjectivephiloprogenitive (comparative more philoprogenitive, superlative most philoprogenitive)

comparative more philoprogenitive · superlative most philoprogenitive

  1. Prolific, or producing many offspring.

    The police mess had formerly been a maternity home for the wives of the Sultans of the state. Faded and tatty, peeling, floorboards eaten and unpolished, its philoprogenitive glory was a memory only.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 20
  2. Loving one's offspring.

Origin

From philo- + progenitive.

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