Apt"i*tude (&?;), n. [F. aptitude, LL.
aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.]
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.
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