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promptitude|ˈprɒm(p)tɪtjuːd|
[a. F. promptitude (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or ad. late L. promptitūdo: see prompt a. and -tude.]
Quickness or readiness of action; promptness.
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xxiii. 31 Labour of penaunce, promptitude of obedience. 1587Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 175 His Hienes doubtis not of the lyke reddines, promptitude, and gude will. 1658R. White tr. Digby's Powd. Symp. (1660) 75 They unite with more promptitude. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 113 ⁋6 Assurance of address, and promptitude of reply. 1863A. Blomfield Mem. Bp. Blomfield II. ix. 183 His promptitude was remarkable: with him a matter would be completed, while another would be only thinking of it.
†b. Readiness of mind, inclination; prompting.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. iv. i. rule iii. §1 If our inclinations..become facilities and promptitudes to sin, they are not innocent. 1712Steele Spect. No. 497 ⁋1 Those who were contented to live without Reproach, and had no Promptitude in their Minds towards Glory. |