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propinquity (proh-PING-kwi-tee) - n., nearness of: a) relation, kinship/consanguinity; b) location in space, proximity; c) location in time, proximity; d) nature, similarity.


Closeness in just about all the senses of "close/near". First used in the early 15th century, from Anglo-Norman propinquite, from Old French, from Latin propinquitās, nearness, from propinquus, neighbouring/nearby, from prop(e), near.

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