progenitiveness

Definition

The state or quality of being progenitive (able to produce offspring).

Etymology

From progenitive + -ness.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "There is another difficulty in the way of accepting metaphysical peculiarity or progenitiveness as isolating species."
• "The aspect of progenitiveness leaves space for the interpretation of the mythical bear as either male or female."