pronity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōnitās.

Noun

pronity (plural pronities)

1. (archaic) proneness to do something; propensity
   • 1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], published 1713, →OCLC:

     Of which Mechanick pronity I do not see any good tendency at all

References

• “pronity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.