Progenitiveness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being progenitive (able to produce offspring). uncountable
"The Crèche is the place where the poor mothers leave their children in the morning, in the care of some kind women who have a large philo-progenitiveness and no other means of gratifying it than by pet cats or dogs, or other people's children, and go off to their work until night."
Example
More examples"The Crèche is the place where the poor mothers leave their children in the morning, in the care of some kind women who have a large philo-progenitiveness and no other means of gratifying it than by pet cats or dogs, or other people's children, and go off to their work until night."
Etymology
From progenitive + -ness.
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