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propinquity definition

pro·pin·quity (prō piŋ′kwə tē, -pin′-)

noun

  1. nearness in time or place
  2. nearness of relationship; kinship

Etymology: ME propinquite < MFr < L propinquitas < propinquus, near < prope, near

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propinquity Synonyms

propinquity

n.

  1. Proximity

    nearness, contiguity, concurrence; see proximity.

  2. Kinship

    affiliation, connection, consanguinity; see relationship.


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propinquity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • blood: Divorced from Catherine due to the propinquity of blood.
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propinquity quotes

The big houses sat in self-congratulatory propinquity on their level green lawns†stout matrons seated elbow to elbow, implacably chaperoning a ball.

-Gill, Brendan

Propinquity had brought Imagination to that pitch where it casts out All that is not itself. I had grown wild And wandered murmuring everywhere,'My child, my child.'

-Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

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