Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolificacy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: pro-lifi-ca-cy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Great fecundity.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Producing of a large number of literary or artistic works.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From its morphology, prolific + -acy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prolific

Usage

Inflected Forms

prolificacies (plural)

Derived Forms

hyperprolificacy

Synonyms

richness rankness fertility

Questions

What does prolificacy mean?: Great fecundity.
Where does prolificacy come from?: From its morphology, prolific + -acy.

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