32. proclivity
Published in
Apr 6, 2022
proclivity livity lividly vividly living and sniveling Livy
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~Livy, 5 April 2022
definition
proclivity [/prōˈklivədē, prəˈklivədē/]
noun. a tendency or inclination to/for something
extended definition
- a regular tendency to do or choose something
- an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing
etymology
Latin: pro- “forward” + clivus “a slope” → proclivis “prone to” (literally “sloping, inclined” → proclivitas “a tendency, predisposition, propensity” → French proclivité → 1590s
references
- definitions from Oxford Languages via Google’s English Dictionary
- etymology (word origin information) from Online Etymology Dictionary (“etymonline”)
- see also: my favorite Latin dictionary, William Whitaker’s Words
