philoprogenitive en · ADJ
Etymology
From philo- + progenitive.
Meanings
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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:
- Loving one's offspring.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more philoprogenitive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most philoprogenitive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unphiloprogenitive · philoprogenitiveness · polyphiloprogenitive · philoprogenitively