Propinquity

//pɹəˈpɪŋ.kwɪ.ti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nearness or proximity countable, literary, uncountable

    "Some experimental spirits could not resist the diversion of throwing Varick and his former wife together, and there were those who thought he found a zest in the propinquity."

  2. 2
    the property of being close together wordnet
  3. 3
    Affiliation or similarity. countable, literary, uncountable

    "Heere I diſclaime all my Paternall care, / Propinquity and property of blood, / And as a ſtranger to my heart and me, / Hold thee from this for euer."

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proximityaccordadditionadjunctaffairsaffiliation

Example

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"Their propinquity was uncanny, as they'd met only three days ago."

Etymology

From propinqu(ent) + -ity, from Middle English propinquite, from Middle French propinquité or Latin propinquitās, from propinquus (“neighbouring”) (from prop(e) (“near”) + (h)inc (“hence”) + -uus).

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