proclivous adjective2 •Directing forward or (specifically) having the incisors directed forward.[bandicoots have] the upper incisors being small, with short, broad crowns; the lower incisors moderate, narrow, proclivous; canines well developed. — 1911 •(no longer used) inclined towards something; tending by naturethe Negro is proclivous to various inflammatory diseases of the respiratory organs — 1875