propinquity /pɹəˈpɪŋ.kwɪ.ti/ noun2 •(literary) Nearness or proximitySome experimental spirits could not resist the diversion of throwing Varick and his former wife together, and there were those who thought he found a zest in the propinquity. — 1904 •(literary) Affiliation or similarity.Heere I disclaime all my Paternall care, / Propinquity and property of blood, / And as a stranger to my heart and me, / Hold thee from this for euer. — 1603 formspropinquities