aptness

aptness

English

Etymology

apt +‎ -ness

Noun

aptness (countable and uncountable, plural aptnesses)

1. suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
2. disposition of the mind; propensity

   the aptness of men to follow example

3. quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility

   An aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

4. proneness; tendency

   the aptness of iron to rust

Translations

the quality of being apt or suitable

Finnish: taipumus (fi) Georgian: შესაბამისობა (šesabamisoba), შესატყვისობა (šesaṭq̇visoba) German: Eignung (de) f Irish: tráthúlacht f Italian: giustezza f Latin: calliditās f, commoditās f, dexteritās f

Portuguese: aptidão (pt) f Russian: приго́дность (ru) f (prigódnostʹ) Scottish Gaelic: freagarrachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: вѐрзӣрано̄ст f Roman: vèrzīranōst (sh) f

References

• aptness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Stepans, pantses, patness