Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proclivity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proclivity \Pro*cliv"i*ty\, n. [L. proclivitas: cf. F.
proclivit['e].]
1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. ``A
proclivity to steal.'' --Abp. Bramhall.
2. Readiness; facility; aptitude.
He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers
were fain to restrain his forwardness. --Sir H.
Wotton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proclivity
n : a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for
exaggeration" [syn: {propensity}, {leaning}]
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