Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Proximity; nearness.
- noun Kinship.
- noun Similarity in nature.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nearness in place; neighborhood.
- noun Nearness in time.
- noun Nearness of blood; kindred.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity.
- noun Nearness in time.
- noun Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Nearness orproximity . - noun
Affiliation orsimilarity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being close together
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But it is not the way for a man and a woman, in propinquity, to maintain a definite, unwavering distance asunder.
CHAPTER XXVII 2010
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Carey, so powerful in propinquity, might even have ended by learning to love Tannis and marrying her, to his own worldly undoing.
Further Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud 1920
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But it is not the way for a man and a woman, in propinquity, to maintain a definite, unwavering distance asunder.
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He was not only the male heir in propinquity of blood, but his experienced years and known virtues excited all true Scots to place him on the throne.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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Eight weeks came and went, -- eight wonderfully happy weeks to Debby and her friend; for "propinquity" had worked more wonders than poor Mrs. Carroll knew, as the only one she saw or guessed was the utter captivation of Joe Leavenworth.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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It may have been the effect of what Byron would call "blind contact," and the sage Mrs. Broadhurst "propinquity;" or it may have been that his hour was come.
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The father and mother sat -- not side by side, in that propinquity which is so sweet, when every breath, every touch of the beloved's garment gives pleasure; they sat one at each corner of the table, engrossed in their several occupations; reading with an uncommunicative eagerness, and sewing in unbroken silence.
Olive A Novel Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856
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I used to joke, “Nothing propinques like propinquity.”
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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I used to joke, “Nothing propinques like propinquity.”
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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I used to joke, “Nothing propinques like propinquity.”
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
edwardvielmetti commented on the word propinquity
"Why did I keep going back and why did I give it two stars? As Zelda Gilroy used to say on Dobie Gillis: propinquity. And I like the lighting." (Yelp)
October 12, 2007
bilby commented on the word propinquity
I hear this word when I am stalked by penguins.
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word propinquity
Does that happen frequently?
March 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word propinquity
Too often. Evil-minded penguins are everywhere.
March 26, 2009
sionnach commented on the word propinquity
Not all penguins are evil. Some of them bring gifts:
bizarre spheniscidine confectionery dispenser videorama
March 26, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word propinquity
Penguins rock.
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word propinquity
I concur. Especially rockhopper penguins.
March 26, 2009
yarb commented on the word propinquity
I like 6ft albino penguins myself.
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word propinquity
*wonders whether yarb nibbled on the same toadstool as John over on goll-ee*
March 26, 2009
jaime_d commented on the word propinquity
From "Au Tombeau de Charles Fourier" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010
5814738 commented on the word propinquity
"As objects of beauty, these works held little interest for him, and yet in spite of himself he had become attached in a propinquital way to a few of the carvings." From Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake.
February 12, 2011
jodi commented on the word propinquity
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October 26, 2011