prolific — PROLÍFIC, Ă, prolifici, ce, adj. (Despre fiinţe) Care se înmulţeşte foarte repede. ♦ Care are facultatea de a se înmulţi. – Din fr. prolifique. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 22.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 PROLÍFIC adj. 1. prăsitor, (pop.) puios, (reg.)… … Dicționar Român
Prolific — Pro*lif ic, a. [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See {Adult}, {Old}, and {Fact}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prolific — [prō lif′ik, prəlif′ik] adj. [Fr prolifique < ML prolificus < L proles (gen. prolis), offspring < pro , PRO 2 + base of alere, to nourish (see ALIMENT) + facere, to make, DO1] 1. producing many young or much fruit 2. turning out many… … English World dictionary
prolific — I adjective abundant, breedy, copious, creative, fecund, feracious, fertile, fruitbearing, fruitful, generative, philoprogenitive, procreative, productive, profuse, progenitive, proliferative, proliferous, rich, teeming, verbose, wordy, yielding… … Law dictionary
prolific — 1640s, from Fr. prolifique, from M.L. prolificus, from L. proles offspring + root of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). L. proles is from PIE *pro al , from *pro forth (see PRO (Cf … Etymology dictionary
prolific — fruitful, *fertile, fecund Analogous words: teeming, swarming, abounding (see TEEM): generating, breeding, propagating, reproducing or reproductive (see corresponding verbs at GENERATE) Antonyms: barren, unfruitful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prolific — [adj] fruitful, productive abounding, abundant, bountiful, breeding, copious, creative, fecund, fertile, generating, generative, luxuriant, profuse, proliferant, rank, reproducing, reproductive, rich, spawning, swarming, teeming, yielding;… … New thesaurus
prolific — ► ADJECTIVE 1) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring. 2) (of an artist, author, etc.) producing many works. 3) plentiful. DERIVATIVES prolifically adverb. ORIGIN Latin prolificus, from proles offspring … English terms dictionary
prolific — [[t]prəlɪ̱fɪk[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A prolific writer, artist, or composer produces a large number of works. She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories... During the Seventies, Rundgren was astonishingly prolific. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n… … English dictionary
prolific — pro|lif|ic [prəˈlıfık] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: prolifique, from Latin proles; PROLETARIAN] 1.) a prolific artist, writer etc produces many works of art, books etc ▪ Handel s prolific output of opera 2.) a prolific sports player… … Dictionary of contemporary English
