See Also: jacchus(medicine)

prolific (iou) and jacchus (medicine)


prolific (iou)



prolific adjective. M17.
[medieval Latin prolificus, from Latin proles offspring: see -FIC.]
Generating or producing offspring; reproductive. M17.
b. Causing fertility; fertilizing. Now chiefly poet. M17.
Producing many offspring or fruit; fruitful; (of a season, climate, etc.) characterized by abundant produce. M17.
R. Macaulay By Nature prolific, she..presented me with several half-brothers. transf.: M. Seymour To live by her prolific pen.
b. Having or producing an abundance of something. Foll. by of, in. M17.
c. spec. Of a person, esp. a creative artist: producing much work. M20.
H. Read Delacroix was one of the most prolific of painters.
prolificacy noun the quality or condition of being prolific L18.
prolifical adjective = PROLIFIC: only in 17.
prolifically adverb M18.
prolificate verb trans. (rare) make prolific or fruitful, fertilize M17.
prolifi'cation noun (a) the generation or production of offspring; reproductive power, fertility; (b) Botany (now rare) = PROLIFERATION 1: LME.
proli'ficity noun = prolificacy E18.
prolificness noun L17.

jacchus (medicine)


jacchus
<zoology> The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to Other species of the same genus.

Origin: NL, fr. L. Jacchus a mystic name of Bacchus, Gr.

Source: Websters Dictionary