propense
English
Etymology
Latin propensus (“hanging forward”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛns
Adjective
propense (comparative more propense, superlative most propense)
- (archaic) Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone
- women propense to holiness
- 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature Book 3: Of Morals
- The most immediate effects of pleasure and pain are the propense and averse motions of the mind; which are diversified into volition, into desire and aversion, grief and joy, hope and fear
- 1668, Desiderius Erasmus, translated by John Wilson, The Praise of Folly
- […] women are so earnestly delighted with this kind of men, as being more propense by nature to pleasure and toys.
Derived terms
- propensely
- propenseness
References
- propense in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Epperson, prepones, propenes
Italian
Adjective
propense
- Feminine plural of adjective propenso.
Verb
propense
- feminine plural of propenso
Latin
Adjective
prōpense
- vocative masculine singular of prōpensus
References
- propense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- propense in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers