procreant

adjective

pro·​cre·​ant ˈprō-krē-ənt How to pronounce procreant (audio)
1
: producing offspring
2
archaic : of or relating to procreation

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End as an apparitional New York version of Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers, a procreant piece of impractical, imaginary, almost cosmological architecture that signals incantational things. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of procreant was in 1588

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“Procreant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/procreant. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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