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properness

noun
/ˈpɹɒ.pə.nəs/UK/ˈpɹɒ.pɚ.nəs/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English properness From proper + -ness.

  1. derived from propre English proper Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English properness From proper + -ness
  2. derived from proprebor
  3. derived from propriusbor

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being proper

    The state or condition of being proper; propriety.

  2. The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).

  3. Excellence, quality.

    • Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits […] betook himself to his beads, and by those means got more honour than ever he should have done with the use of his limbs and properness of person […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA