Word of the Week

Propinquity

(noun) [prah-PING-kwi-tee]

1. nearness or proximity: "James' propinquity allowed him to smell her delicate perfume."

2. kinship

3. similarity or affiliation: 'Russ wants to believe they are still assembled in some recognizable manner, the kindred unit at the radio, old lines and ties and propinquities.' (Don DeLillo, Underworld)

Origin

Approximately 1374; from Latin, 'propinquitatem': nearness, vicinity (nominative 'propinquitas'), from 'propinquus': near, neighboring ('prope': near + suffix '-inquus').