propinquityn.

Brit.

/prəˈpɪŋkwᵻti/, U.S.

/prəˈpɪŋkwᵻdi/,

/proʊˈpɪŋkwᵻdi/

Forms: late Middle English propinquite, late Middle English propinquitee, late Middle English propinquyte, late Middle English propynquyte, late Middle English propynqwyte, 1500s propynquite (in print of lost Middle English MS), 1500s–1600s propinquitie, 1500s– propinquity, 1600s propinquitye; Scottish pre-1700 propinquite, pre-1700 propinquitie, pre-1700 1700s– propinquity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French propinquité; Latin propinquitāt-, propinquitās.

Etymology: < Middle French propinquité close kinship (first half of the 13th cent. in Old French; subsequently from late 14th cent.), neighbourhood, proximity (late 14th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin propinquitāt-, propinquitās nearness in space, proximity, nearness in time, relationship, kinship, closeness of association, intimacy < propinquus propinque adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan propinquitat (14th cent.), Catalan propinqüitat (late 15th cent.; rare before 1500), Spanish propincuidad (late 14th cent. as propinquidat; also as propincuidat (early 15th cent.)), Italian propinquità (c1200).

1. Nearness or closeness in space; neighbourhood, proximity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun]

sideOE

nighnessOE

propinquity?a1425

neighboured1440

neighbourshipc1485

nearnessc1545

vicinity1560

neighbourhood1567

proximity1579

affinity1612

appropinquity1646

voisinage1665

vicinage1686

proximation1802

proximateness1881

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 33 Propinquite or niȝnez of veynez & arteriez, neruez, & þe inward spaciositee or space.

c1450 J. Metham Days Moon (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 148 He concluldyth [read concludyth]..that the mone schuld, for her propynqwyte, sundry in-dysposycion off nature werkyngs cause.

a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 30 The thrid..manere that we haue confidence throu is the nerenes and propinquite that the Fadere of hevin has to ws.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxvi. 347 The very nature of these seas, where the propinquity & enclosure of the continent did so much annoye them on every side,..did the more afflict Ionas.

1632 Sir J. Oglander Mem. (1888) 188 By reason of ye propinquitie of ye Abbeye, Binsteede wase then very popular.

1670 J. Evelyn Pomona 15 Any contrary Fruit may be adventured, and any Fruit upon any fruitless Stock growing in propinquity in the same Nursery.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Wind The propinquity of the Sea, being to be consider'd.

1772 Chinese Traveller I. 126 The planets' courses, their places in the ecliptic, their oppositions, conjunctions, and propinquity to any stars are described.

1823 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (new ed.) I. iv. §2. 50 The value of a pleasure or pain considered by itself, will be greater or less, according to..its propinquity or remoteness.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 307/2 It should not be in too close propinquity to the stable.

1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. vii. 128 The afternoon was warm, and propinquity made her more than usually conscious that he was red and massive.

1964 J. A. M. Meerloo Hidden Communion iv. 76 The spatial propinquity is not necessarily the essential element for telepathy.

1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 134 East Montgomery Street became a center of preservation in the 1960s when propinquity to tidal waters..seemed desirable.

2. Nearness in blood or relationship; close kinship.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > nearness of

nighnessa1398

propinquity?a1425

nearness1444

proximity1480

germanity1597

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. iii. 37 The moste precyous kinde of any propinquyte [v.r. propinquitee; L. propinquitatis] or alliaunce that mai ben.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxvii^v She & other bodily goodes maketh nigh cosinage, ther neuer propynquite ne alyaunce in lyue was, ne shuld haue be.

1558 J. Knox Appellation f. 77^v It is not birth onely nor propinquitie of blood.

1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 105 The next day..hee put her away, pretending..propinquity of bloud.

1632 T. Heywood Iron Age v. sig. K3^v Wee plead not kinred, Or neare propinquity.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xlvii. 232 Considering the number of the Senators, amongst whom were divers much endeared to Cremignola, some in Propinquity in blood, others in Friendship.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xiv. 234 Thus in the second degree, the issue of George and Cecilia Stiles and of Andrew and Esther Baker..are each in the same degree of propinquity.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 45 The worthy Sir Everard rehearsed the various degrees of propinquity between the house of Waverley-Honour.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 181 He does not call them in the second class immediately after the sui heredes,..but in the third class, on the ground of propinquity.

1928 Times 29 Aug. 7/6 If the retention of this relationship (uncle and niece by marriage) within the forbidden degrees of propinquity were opposed to public sentiment, then the publicity which this case would arouse might [etc.].

1939 R. Firth Primitive Polynesian Econ. i. 28 The period of his abstention from canoe-fishing tends to vary directly in accordance with his propinquity of kinship to the dead man.

1994 Commentary (Nexis) Oct. 55 Jewishness by descent ties the future of Jewry largely to kinship and propinquity.

3. Nearness in nature, association, etc.; similarity, affinity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > affinity or closeness

cousinagea1398

alliancea1475

affinityc1485

propinquitya1500

societya1513

kindred1528

cognationa1555

affinitive1579

sympathya1586

vicinity1594

affiance1597

contingence1612

contingency1612

congeniality1620

umbilicality1646

consanguinity1651

congeneracy1664

gossipred1674

congenerousness1677

closeness1692

intimacy1720

proximity1762

liaison1809

cousinship1848

affiliation1870

kinship1876

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 437 (MED) Netherles one metalle transmutide we fynde vnto a metalle of an nother kynde, For propinquyte of mater that in theyme was, As it is know bitwixte yre and brasse.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. R4^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) An annexed propinquitie or opposition of good & bad, virtue and vice.

1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories 175 It should seeme that the propinquity of the words, Ermin, Hermae, Hermes, Armenia, gaue occasion of those other opinions.

1650 T. Vaughan Anima Magica 8 There is in Nature a Certain Chain, or subordinate propinquity of Complexions between Visibles, and invisibles.

1696 R. Howard Poems Several Occasions 238 Iupiter was bred with his sister Iuno in Creet... He was said to marry her by reason of the propinquity of the Fire and the Air.

1777 W. Waring in E. Young Night Thoughts I. 110 The dignity of man is here viewed in the most forcible light. Its propinquity to an angelic nature is handled in the most sublime language.

1799 ‘A. F. Randall’ Let. to Women of Eng. 91 The laws, customs, and inhabitants of different nations will be their kindred in the propinquity of nature.

1823 J. Gillies tr. Aristotle Rhetoric ii. x. 297 The objects of envy must always be characterised by nearness in time, place, age, reputation, in short by a sort of propinquity.

1857 F. W. Faber Sir Lancelot (ed. 2) v. 134 Such propinquity there often is 'Twixt miracles and nature's humbler works.

1973 Science 10 Aug. 538/2 The problem of expounding the nature of dense conducting fluids and their propinquity to both liquids and metals.

1993 Nation 20 Sept. 265 The local businesswomen who were so prominent in that university's affairs had never noticed the propinquity of social to socialist.

4. Nearness in time; imminence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence

nighness1548

towardness1549

propinquity1611

approacha1616

coming1626

looming1627

impendencya1632

fall1647

imminence1655

impendence1657

instancy1658

imminency1665

soonness1668

incumbence1677

simmering1844

proximity1876

1611 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Testaments & Last Willes (new ed.) ii. xxv. f. 65^v When as it doth appeare sufficiently, that the Testator was of sound memory, notwithstanding the extremity of sicknesse, and propinquity of death.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. i. 341 Thereby is declared the propinquity of their desolation.

1687 W. Bates Speedy Coming of Christ Judgment 20 When inevitable and great Evils are look'd upon as remote, they make a slite Impression, but the Propinquity of such Evils inspires Terrors.

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 72 Each day used to be individually felt by me..in its distance from, or propinquity to, the next Sunday.

1941 Yale Law Jrnl. 51 10 In view of the propinquity of death, he would not have..much time or opportunity.

2005 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Sept. 8 She sensed death's propinquity and calmly prepared to meet it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propinquity
释义	propinquityn. Brit. /prəˈpɪŋkwᵻti/, U.S. /prəˈpɪŋkwᵻdi/, /proʊˈpɪŋkwᵻdi/ Forms: late Middle English propinquite, late Middle English propinquitee, late Middle English propinquyte, late Middle English propynquyte, late Middle English propynqwyte, 1500s propynquite (in print of lost Middle English MS), 1500s–1600s propinquitie, 1500s– propinquity, 1600s propinquitye; Scottish pre-1700 propinquite, pre-1700 propinquitie, pre-1700 1700s– propinquity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French propinquité; Latin propinquitāt-, propinquitās. Etymology: < Middle French propinquité close kinship (first half of the 13th cent. in Old French; subsequently from late 14th cent.), neighbourhood, proximity (late 14th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin propinquitāt-, propinquitās nearness in space, proximity, nearness in time, relationship, kinship, closeness of association, intimacy < propinquus propinque adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan propinquitat (14th cent.), Catalan propinqüitat (late 15th cent.; rare before 1500), Spanish propincuidad (late 14th cent. as propinquidat; also as propincuidat (early 15th cent.)), Italian propinquità (c1200). 1. Nearness or closeness in space; neighbourhood, proximity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] sideOE nighnessOE propinquity?a1425 neighboured1440 neighbourshipc1485 nearnessc1545 vicinity1560 neighbourhood1567 proximity1579 affinity1612 appropinquity1646 voisinage1665 vicinage1686 proximation1802 proximateness1881 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 33 Propinquite or niȝnez of veynez & arteriez, neruez, & þe inward spaciositee or space. c1450 J. Metham Days Moon (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 148 He concluldyth [read concludyth]..that the mone schuld, for her propynqwyte, sundry in-dysposycion off nature werkyngs cause. a1525 J. Irland Of Penance & Confession in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 30 The thrid..manere that we haue confidence throu is the nerenes and propinquite that the Fadere of hevin has to ws. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxvi. 347 The very nature of these seas, where the propinquity & enclosure of the continent did so much annoye them on every side,..did the more afflict Ionas. 1632 Sir J. Oglander Mem. (1888) 188 By reason of ye propinquitie of ye Abbeye, Binsteede wase then very popular. 1670 J. Evelyn Pomona 15 Any contrary Fruit may be adventured, and any Fruit upon any fruitless Stock growing in propinquity in the same Nursery. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Wind The propinquity of the Sea, being to be consider'd. 1772 Chinese Traveller I. 126 The planets' courses, their places in the ecliptic, their oppositions, conjunctions, and propinquity to any stars are described. 1823 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (new ed.) I. iv. §2. 50 The value of a pleasure or pain considered by itself, will be greater or less, according to..its propinquity or remoteness. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 307/2 It should not be in too close propinquity to the stable. 1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. vii. 128 The afternoon was warm, and propinquity made her more than usually conscious that he was red and massive. 1964 J. A. M. Meerloo Hidden Communion iv. 76 The spatial propinquity is not necessarily the essential element for telepathy. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 134 East Montgomery Street became a center of preservation in the 1960s when propinquity to tidal waters..seemed desirable. 2. Nearness in blood or relationship; close kinship. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > nearness of nighnessa1398 propinquity?a1425 nearness1444 proximity1480 germanity1597 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. iii. 37 The moste precyous kinde of any propinquyte [v.r. propinquitee; L. propinquitatis] or alliaunce that mai ben. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxvii^v She & other bodily goodes maketh nigh cosinage, ther neuer propynquite ne alyaunce in lyue was, ne shuld haue be. 1558 J. Knox Appellation f. 77^v It is not birth onely nor propinquitie of blood. 1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 105 The next day..hee put her away, pretending..propinquity of bloud. 1632 T. Heywood Iron Age v. sig. K3^v Wee plead not kinred, Or neare propinquity. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World iii. xlvii. 232 Considering the number of the Senators, amongst whom were divers much endeared to Cremignola, some in Propinquity in blood, others in Friendship. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xiv. 234 Thus in the second degree, the issue of George and Cecilia Stiles and of Andrew and Esther Baker..are each in the same degree of propinquity. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. iv. 45 The worthy Sir Everard rehearsed the various degrees of propinquity between the house of Waverley-Honour. View more context for this quotation 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 181 He does not call them in the second class immediately after the sui heredes,..but in the third class, on the ground of propinquity. 1928 Times 29 Aug. 7/6 If the retention of this relationship (uncle and niece by marriage) within the forbidden degrees of propinquity were opposed to public sentiment, then the publicity which this case would arouse might [etc.]. 1939 R. Firth Primitive Polynesian Econ. i. 28 The period of his abstention from canoe-fishing tends to vary directly in accordance with his propinquity of kinship to the dead man. 1994 Commentary (Nexis) Oct. 55 Jewishness by descent ties the future of Jewry largely to kinship and propinquity. 3. Nearness in nature, association, etc.; similarity, affinity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > affinity or closeness cousinagea1398 alliancea1475 affinityc1485 propinquitya1500 societya1513 kindred1528 cognationa1555 affinitive1579 sympathya1586 vicinity1594 affiance1597 contingence1612 contingency1612 congeniality1620 umbilicality1646 consanguinity1651 congeneracy1664 gossipred1674 congenerousness1677 closeness1692 intimacy1720 proximity1762 liaison1809 cousinship1848 affiliation1870 kinship1876 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 437 (MED) Netherles one metalle transmutide we fynde vnto a metalle of an nother kynde, For propinquyte of mater that in theyme was, As it is know bitwixte yre and brasse. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. R4^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) An annexed propinquitie or opposition of good & bad, virtue and vice. 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories 175 It should seeme that the propinquity of the words, Ermin, Hermae, Hermes, Armenia, gaue occasion of those other opinions. 1650 T. Vaughan Anima Magica 8 There is in Nature a Certain Chain, or subordinate propinquity of Complexions between Visibles, and invisibles. 1696 R. Howard Poems Several Occasions 238 Iupiter was bred with his sister Iuno in Creet... He was said to marry her by reason of the propinquity of the Fire and the Air. 1777 W. Waring in E. Young Night Thoughts I. 110 The dignity of man is here viewed in the most forcible light. Its propinquity to an angelic nature is handled in the most sublime language. 1799 ‘A. F. Randall’ Let. to Women of Eng. 91 The laws, customs, and inhabitants of different nations will be their kindred in the propinquity of nature. 1823 J. Gillies tr. Aristotle Rhetoric ii. x. 297 The objects of envy must always be characterised by nearness in time, place, age, reputation, in short by a sort of propinquity. 1857 F. W. Faber Sir Lancelot (ed. 2) v. 134 Such propinquity there often is 'Twixt miracles and nature's humbler works. 1973 Science 10 Aug. 538/2 The problem of expounding the nature of dense conducting fluids and their propinquity to both liquids and metals. 1993 Nation 20 Sept. 265 The local businesswomen who were so prominent in that university's affairs had never noticed the propinquity of social to socialist. 4. Nearness in time; imminence. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > nearness, approach, or imminence nighness1548 towardness1549 propinquity1611 approacha1616 coming1626 looming1627 impendencya1632 fall1647 imminence1655 impendence1657 instancy1658 imminency1665 soonness1668 incumbence1677 simmering1844 proximity1876 1611 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Testaments & Last Willes (new ed.) ii. xxv. f. 65^v When as it doth appeare sufficiently, that the Testator was of sound memory, notwithstanding the extremity of sicknesse, and propinquity of death. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. i. 341 Thereby is declared the propinquity of their desolation. View more context for this quotation 1687 W. Bates Speedy Coming of Christ Judgment 20 When inevitable and great Evils are look'd upon as remote, they make a slite Impression, but the Propinquity of such Evils inspires Terrors. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 72 Each day used to be individually felt by me..in its distance from, or propinquity to, the next Sunday. 1941 Yale Law Jrnl. 51 10 In view of the propinquity of death, he would not have..much time or opportunity. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Sept. 8 She sensed death's propinquity and calmly prepared to meet it. 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