Hypertext Webster Gateway: "promptitude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Promptitude \Prompt"i*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See
{Prompt}, a.]
The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action
when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in
obedience.
Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. --I.
Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
promptitude
n : the characteristic of doing things without delay [syn: {promptness}]
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