Antonyms for propinquity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : proh-ping-kwi-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈpɪŋ kwɪ ti |
Definition of propinquity
Origin :- late 14c., "nearness in relation, kinship," later also "physical nearness" (early 15c.), from Old French propinquite (13c.) and directly from Latin propinquitatem (nominative propinquitas) "nearness, vicinity; relationship, affinity," from propinquus "near, neighboring," from prope "near" (enlarged from PIE *pro "before;" see pro-) + suffix -inquus.
- Nothing propinks like propinquity [Ian Fleming, chapter heading, "Diamonds are Forever," 1956; phrase popularized 1960s by U.S. diplomat George Ball]
- noun proximity
- noun kinship
- noun closeness
- Your mother is as ignorant of the propinquity as Greta herself.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- We really drifted into an engagement more because of propinquity than anything else.
- Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
- Just that I was wrong; and I admit freely that I was wrong in scoffing at the propinquity.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- She appeared to have forgotten the propinquity of other persons.
- Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
- The birds had now nothing to fear from the propinquity of the hut.
- Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
- It did not appear to him to be a matter of a dark night and a propinquity and so on.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- It is the consciousness of the propinquity of some deadly and loathsome disease.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by Various
- That same chord within him thrilled to her voice, her propinquity.
- Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
- Our propinquity was evidently neither novel nor discomposing.
- Extract from : « Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- That is the penalty of prairie life; there is no escape from propinquity.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
Synonyms for propinquity
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