propinquity

名词 n.
/pɹəˈpɪŋ.kwɪ.ti/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. 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.

词形变化

propinquities plural

词汇关系

词源

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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