proclivous

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin proclivus. See proclive.

Adjective

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proclivous (comparative more proclivous, superlative most proclivous)

  1. inclined towards something; tending by nature
  2. (zoology) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for proclivous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)