propinquantadj.

Brit.

/prəˈpɪŋkw(ə)nt/, U.S.

/prəˈpɪŋkw(ə)nt/,

/proʊˈpɪŋkw(ə)nt/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– propinquant, 1800s– propinquent.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin propinquant-, propinquāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin propinquant-, propinquāns, present participle of propinquāre propinquate v. Compare earlier propinque adj.With the form propinquent compare -ent suffix.

Chiefly literary.

Nearby, adjacent; = propinquitous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective]

yhendeeOE

nighOE

hendc1175

nearc1400

propinquec1487

assisting1579

neighbour1579

propinquant1633

near-acquainted1639

indistant1644

nearhand1653

adjourning1816

propinquousa1832

nearby1858

propinquitous1867

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 3) 471 That cannot be called closely propinquant..which is actually present.

a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iv, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 81 That sown too frequent, in propinquant place, Degenerate offspring stamps the ruin'd race.

1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 84 The frighten'd delinquent..dropp'd, in a swoon, in the orchard propinquent.

1903 T.P.'s Weekly 4 Sept. 427/3 Small vans..stationed at various squares, propinquant to busy sections of the city.

1964 H. E. Keyes in E. D. Andrews & F. Andrews Shaker Furnit. p. ix The fruit of happily busy hands dedicated to a propinquant God.

1996 Atlantic Monthly May 117/1 Of the industrial economies in Gordon's sample, none, except tragically propinquant Canada's, carries anything like as heavy a burden [as that of the United States].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	propinquant
释义	propinquantadj. Brit. /prəˈpɪŋkw(ə)nt/, U.S. /prəˈpɪŋkw(ə)nt/, /proʊˈpɪŋkw(ə)nt/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– propinquant, 1800s– propinquent. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin propinquant-, propinquāns. Etymology: < classical Latin propinquant-, propinquāns, present participle of propinquāre propinquate v. Compare earlier propinque adj.With the form propinquent compare -ent suffix. Chiefly literary. Nearby, adjacent; = propinquitous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] yhendeeOE nighOE hendc1175 nearc1400 propinquec1487 assisting1579 neighbour1579 propinquant1633 near-acquainted1639 indistant1644 nearhand1653 adjourning1816 propinquousa1832 nearby1858 propinquitous1867 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 3) 471 That cannot be called closely propinquant..which is actually present. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iv, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 81 That sown too frequent, in propinquant place, Degenerate offspring stamps the ruin'd race. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 84 The frighten'd delinquent..dropp'd, in a swoon, in the orchard propinquent. 1903 T.P.'s Weekly 4 Sept. 427/3 Small vans..stationed at various squares, propinquant to busy sections of the city. 1964 H. E. Keyes in E. D. Andrews & F. Andrews Shaker Furnit. p. ix The fruit of happily busy hands dedicated to a propinquant God. 1996 Atlantic Monthly May 117/1 Of the industrial economies in Gordon's sample, none, except tragically propinquant Canada's, carries anything like as heavy a burden [as that of the United States]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1633
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