Today's Word "propinquity"
Published in Vocabulary
propinquity \pruh-PING-kwih-tee\ (noun) - 1 : Nearness in place; proximity. 2 : Nearness in time. 3 : Nearness of relation; kinship.
"Janice was stunned by the propinquity of her best friend winning the lottery, having never previously even had an acquaintance who'd won so much as a sweepstakes."
Propinquity derives from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus, near, neighboring, from prope, near.
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