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propinquity
Feb. 26th, 2009 07:14 ampropinquity - n., the property of being close: nearness, proximity, closely related, similarity, close in time.
If we can describe something as close in any idiomatic way, then it has propinquity. Stress on the second syllable, and practice it a few time so it can trip off the tongue. Used since the 14th century, taken from Latin propinquitās, nearness, from propinquus, near, neighboring, from prope, near + -inquus, adjectival suffix.
---L.
If we can describe something as close in any idiomatic way, then it has propinquity. Stress on the second syllable, and practice it a few time so it can trip off the tongue. Used since the 14th century, taken from Latin propinquitās, nearness, from propinquus, near, neighboring, from prope, near + -inquus, adjectival suffix.
---L.
