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Word of the decade: philoprogenitive

philoprogenitive
\fill-uh-proh-JEN-uh-tiv\
adjective

*1 : tending to produce offspring : prolific
2 : of, relating to, or characterized by love of offspring

Example Sentence
As we move through our thirties, it has become abundantly clear that my female friends, colleagues and family members are more philoprogenitive than I am.

antonyms: phoboprogenitive, progeniphobic, freaked-out, indecisive, ambivalent

Did you know?
"Philoprogenitive" (a combination of "phil-," meaning "loving" or "having an affinity for," and Latin "progenitus," meaning "begot" or "begotten") can refer to the production of offspring or to the loving of them. Nineteenth-century phrenologists used the word to designate the "bump" or "organ" of the brain believed to be the seat of a parent's instinctual love for his or her children. Despite the word's scientific look and sound, however, it appears, albeit not very frequently, in all types of writing — technical, literary, informal, and otherwise.

Definition, pronunciation and etymology provided by Merriam-Webster Online.
Example sentence and antonyms provided by me.

Comments

Boy - that is a crackerjack of a word.

It was really nice to meet you at Abbey's tree trimming party - I had a great time chatting. That photo of you & Kerry on Joanna's blog today is wonderful!

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