aptness

English

Noun

aptness

1. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
2. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
3. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
4. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.

References

• aptness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• pantses
• patness