prone

Etymology

From Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

prone (comparative more prone, superlative most prone)

1. Lying face downward; prostrate.^Wp
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:

     But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.

2. Having a downward inclination or slope.
3. Shooting from a lying down position.
4. Predisposed, liable, inclined.

Anagrams

• preon

Adjective

prone

1. feminine plural of prono

Anagrams

• perno

Adjective

prōne

1. vocative masculine singular of prōnus

References

• prone in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prone in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette