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THE word prolificness, though not a model, is not a monster. It is a hybrid; but so is vindictive-ness. The chief objection lies in the fact of the ic being not the ordinary adjectival formative, but the c in they of fac of facio = I make.
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LATHAM, R. Neologisms. Nature 4, 324 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004324a0
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