Promptitude

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Promptitude \Prompt"i*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See
     {Prompt}, a.]
     The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action
     when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in
     obedience.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  promptitude
       n : the characteristic of doing things without delay [syn: {promptness}]