PHILOPROGENITIVE


Meaning of PHILOPROGENITIVE in English

|fi(ˌ)lō+ adjective

Etymology: phil- + progenitive

1. : tending to produce offspring : prolific

younger writers … have been more philoprogenitive , and some of them will end by having four or five children — Malcolm Cowley

2. : of, relating to, or characterized by love of offspring

the philoprogenitive drive is less powerful in men than in women — Journal American Medical Association

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