aptitude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun inherent ability

WordNet

Apt"i*tude noun
Etymology
F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.
Definitions
  1. A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
    He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops. Macaulay.
  2. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
    That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman. Milton.
  3. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
    He was a boy of remarkable aptitude. Macaulay.

Webster 1913