prolific

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Producing a great deal of work, results, or output.

   She is a prolific writer who publishes two or three novels every year.

2. 2
   adj

   Existing in large numbers; plentiful and abundant.

   Rabbits are prolific breeders, so the population grew quickly.

1635: from French prolifique and its etymon Latin prōlificus, from prōlēs (“offspring”) + -ficus (“making”).

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