proclive

English

Etymology

Latin proclivis (“sloping, inclined”).

Adjective

proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)

  1. Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
    • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
      Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
      The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
      In measure to the proclive weight and rush
      Of His inner nature […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for proclive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin proclivis

Adjective

proclive (masculine and feminine plural proclivi)

  1. (literary) prone

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

prōclīve

  1. nominative neuter singular of prōclīvis
  2. accusative neuter singular of prōclīvis
  3. vocative neuter singular of prōclīvis

References

  • proclive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proclive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin proclivis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾo̞ˈkliβe̞/

Adjective

proclive (plural proclives)

  1. inclined, prone

Synonyms

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