Definition of Prolific

Prolific

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.

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

Proliferous.

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Prolific Quotations

I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.
Mitch Hedberg

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
George Santayana

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.
Pat Brown

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
Alfred North Whitehead

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
Tom Petty

Yes, I am very prolific.
Patrice Leconte

I'm not particularly prolific.
Martin Gore

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.
Joseph Epstein

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
Buffy Sainte-Marie

Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.
Edward Weston

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.
Rand Beers

But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy.
Eric McCormack

To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
Eric Brown

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific source of diseases.
Edward Jenner

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Prolific Translations

prolific in German is reich
prolific in Swedish is fruktbar

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