| 1. | producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree. |
| 2. | producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer. |
| 3. | profusely productive or fruitful (often fol. by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations. |
| 4. | characterized by abundant production: a prolific year for tomatoes. |
pro·lif·ic (prə-lĭf'ĭk) adj.
[French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prōlificus : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see al-2 in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.] pro·lif'i·ca·cy (-ĭ-kə-sē), pro·lif'ic·ness (-ĭk-nĭs) n., pro·lif'i·cal·ly adv. |