Apt
Pronunciation
- IPA: /æpt/
- Rhymes: -æpt
Origin
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere ("to fasten, to join, to fit"), akin to apisci ("to reach, attain"); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (haptÄ«n, "to fasten") and Sanskrit आपà¥à¤¤ (Äpta, "fit"), from आपॠ(Äp, "to reach, attain").
Full definition of apt
Adjective
apt
- Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt, since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
- Jeremy Taylor (1613–1677)a river ... apt to be forded by a lamb
- (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
- William Temple (1628–1699)My vines and peaches...were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
- John Lubbock (1834-1913)This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
- Fairfax Harrison (1869-1938)that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
- unknown date JohnsonAn apt wit.
- unknown date William Shakespeare (1564-1616)(Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.