promptitude

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin promptitudo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin promptus.

Noun

promptitude (usually uncountable, plural promptitudes)

1. The quality of being prompt; alacrity.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]

     Small wonder then that the Indomitable's Captain, though in general a man of rapid decision, felt that circumspectness not less than promptitude was necessary.

Synonyms

• (quality of being prompt): promptness

Translations

promptness — see promptness

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin promptitūdo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ̃p.ti.tyd/

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• Rhymes: -yd

Noun

promptitude f (uncountable)

1. promptitude

Further reading

• “promptitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.