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pronities

pronities is the plural of pronity.

Meaning of pronity

Noun

pronity (plural pronities)

  1. (archaic) Proneness to do something; propensity.
    • For I have very much vvondred at the devotedneſs of ſome Mens Spirits to the pretence of pure Mechaniſm in the ſolving of the Phænomena of the Univerſe, vvho yet othervviſe have not been of leſs Pretenſions to Piety and Vertue. Of vvhich Mechanick pronity I do not ſee any good tendency at all.1713, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The First Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His...

Questions about pronities

What is pronities the plural of?
Pronities is the plural of pronity.

Words near pronities in the dictionary

  1. proning out
  2. pronings
  3. proniosomal
  4. proniosome
  5. proniosomes
  6. pronities
  7. pronity
  8. pronk
  9. pronked
  10. pronking
  11. pronks

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