propensenesse

English

Etymology

propense +‎ -nesse

Noun

propensenesse (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Inclination; propensity; tendency.
   • 1624, John Donne, Devotions, section 22.573:

     There is a propensnesse to diseases in the body.

2. (obsolete) Intention; premeditation.
   • 1672, R. McWard, English Balance, section 53:

     They must needs look upon the King of England, as the spring & source, of all that calamity they feel, or feare, and perceive his propensnesse, to ruine them.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “propensenesse”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.