prolificacy

Meanings

• Noun

  The quality or state of being prolific; producing large numbers of offspring or works.

  - "The author's prolificacy is evident in his numerous published works."
  - "The prolific beaver builds several dams in a single season."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with prolificacy
Productivity , Proficiency , Vibrancy

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Variants

List of all variants of prolificacy that leads to same result
prolific , prolificacies , prolificacy , prolifically , prolificness , prolificnesses

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'prolificus', meaning 'abundant in offspring' or 'fruitful'.

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Trivia

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1. The prolific author J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book in just six weeks.

2. The prolific inventor Thomas Edison held over 1,000 patents for various inventions.

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Related Concepts

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1. Productivity: The efficiency of producing goods or services.

2. Creativity: The ability to produce new and original ideas.

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Quotes

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1. Here there are {it}La{/it} restaurants, wine bars, bookshops, estate agents more "prolific" than doctors, and attractive people in black, few of them aging.

   - Hanif Kureishi,{it}Granta 22{/it},Autumn 1987

2. The main rival to his pneumonia was the "prolific" thrush which went into his throat and stomach.

   - Irvine Welsh,{it}Trainspotting{/it},1993

3. Since [David] Mamet is a "prolific" writer of Hollywood screenplays, there are today more people who know his work than know that they know it.

   - Juliet Fleming,{it}Times Literary Supplement{/it},18 Feb. 2000

4. A writer as established and "prolific" as Joyce Carol Oates can approach her material in a wealth of ways unavailable to the more plodding.

   - Jane Smiley,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},5 May 1991

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Culture

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Prolificacy is often associated with creativity and productivity in various fields such as literature, art, and science.

How to Memorize "prolificacy"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a tree bearing an abundance of fruit or a writer with numerous published books.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a productive factory or a beehive filled with honey.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in the definition: 'P' for prolific, 'R' for quality, 'O' for offspring or works, 'L' for large numbers, 'I' for impressive, and 'F' for fruitful or abundant.'

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