Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inclined; slanting or inclined forward and upward or downward: as, proclivous teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Inclined; tending by nature.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward.
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- adjective
inclined towards something; tending by nature - adjective zoology Having the
incisor teeth directedforward .
Etymologies
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Latin proclivus. See proclive.
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