pronity

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōnitās.

Noun

pronity (plural pronities)

  1. (archaic) proneness to do something; propensity
    • 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. , 2nd edition, London: Joseph Downing , published 1713, →OCLC:
      Of which Mechanick pronity I do not see any good tendency at all

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