proclive

Latin prōclīvis (“sloping, inclined”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊklɪv/

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proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)

1. Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
     The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
     In measure to the proclive weight and rush
     Of His inner nature […]

Borrowed from Latin prōclīvis.

• IPA^(key): /proˈkli.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: pro‧clì‧ve

proclive (plural proclivi)

1. (literary) prone

• proclività

• proclive in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

prōclīve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of prōclīvis

• “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.

Borrowed from Latin prōclīvis.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈklibe/ [pɾoˈkli.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: pro‧cli‧ve

proclive m or f (masculine and feminine plural proclives)

1. inclined, prone

   Synonyms: inclinado, predispuesto, propenso

   • 2022 July 24, Manuel Jabois, quoting Blanca Andreu, “Blanca Andreu, la poeta que triunfó a los 20 años y prefirió desaparecer: “Me halaga que me crean muerta””, in El País‎:

     Porque una vida tan solitaria no es una vida muy proclive a hacer cosas por los demás.

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• “proclive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014