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propinque, a. rare.|prəʊˈpɪŋk|
[ad. L. propinqu-us near, neighbouring, derivative of prope near: cf. longinqu-us distant, from longe far.]
1. Near in space, neighbouring, at hand.
1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 81 The matter of Meteors..as it is propinque or near, it consisteth of Exhalations. 1892J. Ashby-Sterry in Graphic 16 Apr. 494/1 They did not disdain..the foaming pewter from the propinque public. 1907N. Munro in Blackw. Mag. Jan. 81/1 Ports more propinque to the highways of the world.
†2. Immediate, proximate, direct. Obs.
1649Bulwer Pathomyot. i. iv. 18 Some more propinque and conjunct cause of motion. 1661K. W. Conf. Charac., Gd. old Cause (1860) 63 The devil's the remote cause, and their hearts the approximate and neere propinque cause.
†3. Nearly approaching accuracy; approximate.
1680Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 86 Mr. Launcelot Moorhouse..wrote against Mr. Francis Potter's booke of 666, and falls upon him, for that 25 is not the true roote, but the propinque root. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 455.
Hence proˈpinquial a., done in proximity.
1891C. T. C. James Rom. Rigmarole 116 In the course of a week's propinquial (excuse my coinage) climbing. |