† pronityn.

Forms: Middle English pronitee, Middle English pronytee, Middle English (in a late copy) pronyte, 1500s pronite, 1500s pronytie, 1600s pronitye, 1600s–1700s pronity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pronitat-, pronitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pronitat-, pronitas state of being prone or horizontal (4th cent.), propensity (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin prōnus prone adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian pronità (14th cent.; now rare).

Obsolete.

1. Proneness, aptness, inclination, esp. to evil; an instance of this, a tendency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > to, towards, or for something

inclination?a1439

pronityc1475

forwardness1526

propensionc1530

proneness1548

propenseness1561

proclivitya1591

propensity1601

procliveness1623

propensation1650

resentment1655

verge1661

gravitating1816

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 94 (MED) Oure natural w[r]ecchidnessis ben not ellis þan pronytees and redynessis and inclinaciouns inclynyng vs to loue þis lijf.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSi A pronite or redines to all vice.

a1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. 440 Consideryng y^e pronytie of mans harte to be infected with heresies.

a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 231 An eagerness and pronity to resist.

1673 J. Wallis in Philos. Trans. 1672 (Royal Soc.) 7 5165 Gravity or Heaviness is..reputed to be such a Conatus or Pronity to move downwards.

a1716 J. Killingbeck Serm. (1717) xi. 227 What Restraints shall we lay upon the vicious Pronities and Inclinations of Human Nature?

1723 J. Reynolds Inq. State & Œcon. Angelical Worlds xxxiii. 211 A farther Readiness, and Pliableness, Pronity to, and Facility of Acting, will (by many Philosophers) be called an Habit.

2. Steepness of slope, declivity. Cf. prone adj. 4. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep > quality or condition of being

pronity1524

sharpness1585

suddenness1594

abruptness1603

steepiness1609

precipitationa1616

precipice1650

precipitousness1832

1524 R. Pace Let. 5 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xi. 20 I durst not..look on my left hand, for the pronite and deepnes to the valei.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pronity
释义	† pronityn. Forms: Middle English pronitee, Middle English pronytee, Middle English (in a late copy) pronyte, 1500s pronite, 1500s pronytie, 1600s pronitye, 1600s–1700s pronity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pronitat-, pronitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pronitat-, pronitas state of being prone or horizontal (4th cent.), propensity (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin prōnus prone adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian pronità (14th cent.; now rare). Obsolete. 1. Proneness, aptness, inclination, esp. to evil; an instance of this, a tendency. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > to, towards, or for something inclination?a1439 pronityc1475 forwardness1526 propensionc1530 proneness1548 propenseness1561 proclivitya1591 propensity1601 procliveness1623 propensation1650 resentment1655 verge1661 gravitating1816 c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 94 (MED) Oure natural w[r]ecchidnessis ben not ellis þan pronytees and redynessis and inclinaciouns inclynyng vs to loue þis lijf. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSi A pronite or redines to all vice. a1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (E.E.T.S.) ii. 440 Consideryng y^e pronytie of mans harte to be infected with heresies. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 231 An eagerness and pronity to resist. 1673 J. Wallis in Philos. Trans. 1672 (Royal Soc.) 7 5165 Gravity or Heaviness is..reputed to be such a Conatus or Pronity to move downwards. a1716 J. Killingbeck Serm. (1717) xi. 227 What Restraints shall we lay upon the vicious Pronities and Inclinations of Human Nature? 1723 J. Reynolds Inq. State & Œcon. Angelical Worlds xxxiii. 211 A farther Readiness, and Pliableness, Pronity to, and Facility of Acting, will (by many Philosophers) be called an Habit. 2. Steepness of slope, declivity. Cf. prone adj. 4. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep > quality or condition of being pronity1524 sharpness1585 suddenness1594 abruptness1603 steepiness1609 precipitationa1616 precipice1650 precipitousness1832 1524 R. Pace Let. 5 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xi. 20 I durst not..look on my left hand, for the pronite and deepnes to the valei. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1475
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