Word of the Week...DISPOSITION

 

Meaning:

1. The natural qualities of a person’s character

2. A natural tendency to do something

3. The way something is placed or arranged

Example: John has a disposition to argue and often gets himself in trouble.

Related/similar words: this word temperament inclination/tendency arrangement

Etymology: late 14th century

from Old French disposicion (12c.) "arrangement, order; mood, state of mind" and directly from Latin dispositionem (nominative dispositio) "arrangement, management.