propinquity

Doug's Word of the Week

(Note: Doug claims that his word offerings are not intended to have any political or cultural subtext whatsoever.)

propinquity / pro-PING-kwi-tee /noun: 1. Nearness in space, time or relationship

Notes & Etymology: From the Middle English propinquite, from the Latin propinquitas (nearness), from prope (near).

Usage: "I believe that ... propinquity of descent, -- the only known cause of the similarity of organic beings, -- is the bond, hidden as it is by various degrees of modification, which is partially revealed to us by our classifications. "

Charles Darwin; On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; 1859.

Use this word in conversation at least twice in the coming week and it's yours forever!