appropinquityn.
/aprəʊˈpɪŋkwɪti/ rare.
Nearness.
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sideOE
nighnessOE
propinquity?a1425
neighboured1440
neighbourshipc1485
nearnessc1545
vicinity1560
neighbourhood1567
proximity1579
affinity1612
appropinquity1646
voisinage1665
vicinage1686
proximation1802
proximateness1881
1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxxi. 137 An appropinquity of Vision, that all things are open and naked unto his sight.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 118 Six weeks—appropinquity—opportunity—had victimised him completely.
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