Pro-cliv'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. proclivité, It. proclività, Sp. proclividad, Lat. proclivitas. See supra.] 1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. The sensitive appetite may engender a proclivity to steal, but not a necessity to steal. Bp. Hall. 2. Readiness; facility. He had such a dexterous proclivity, that his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Wotton.