propinkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

propink (三人称単数 現在形 propinks, 現在分詞 propinking, 過去形および過去分詞形 propinked)

1. (humorous) To have the effect of propinquity with regards to closeness and familiarity leading to romantic feelings.
   • 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 155:

     "May even decide to make up and be friends. You know how they say." He beckoned to the waiter. "Nothing propinks like propinquity."

   • 2009, Robert Aitken, Miniatures of a Zen Master‎^[1]:

     Some of the marriages were really quite happy. As my Nana, Florence Page Baker, used to say, "Propinquity propinks."

   • 2019, Simon W. Bowmaker, When the President Calls, page 77:

     I didn't want to leave Washington because my boss, George Ball, was fond of saying that in politics nothing propinks like propinquity.'