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# hmm... prolific...
pro·lif·ic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-lfk)
adj.
Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile.
Producing abundant works or results: a prolific artist. See Synonyms at fertile.


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[French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prlificus : Latin prls, prl-, offspring; see al-2 in Indo-European Roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.]
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pro·lifi·ca·cy (--k-s) or pro·lific·ness (-k-ns) n.
pro·lifi·cal·ly adv.

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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.] 1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.

2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.

3. (Bot.) Proliferous.

hehehe =)

And thank you!
(, Sat 12 Jul 2003, 2:17, archived)
# Do you produce fruit in great abundance?
Crikey.
(, Sat 12 Jul 2003, 2:18, archived)
# I think I'll go with...
"Producing abundant works or results".

It's just that knowledge turns me on =)
(, Sat 12 Jul 2003, 2:20, archived)
# that's what I meant ...
but I do like the fruit thing :)
(, Sat 12 Jul 2003, 2:34, archived)