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propriety

noun
/pɹəˈpɹaɪəti/UK

Etymology

From late Middle English proprietee, propretee, propriete (“ownership”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman propreté, Middle French proprieté, from Latin proprietās. By surface analysis, prop(e)r + -iety. Doublet of property.

  1. derived from proprietās
  2. derived from proprieté
  3. derived from propreté
  4. inherited from proprietee

Definitions

  1. The particular character or essence of someone or something

    The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.

  2. A characteristic

    A characteristic; an attribute.

  3. A piece of land owned by someone

    A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. More generally, something owned by someone

      More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.

      • I was fearful of giving You a very sensible Disgust, in making You seem the Propriety of one Man, when You know Yourself ordained for the Comfort and Refreshment of Multitudes.

    2. The fact of possessing something

      The fact of possessing something; ownership.

      • This ſweet word, I will be your God, implies, 1. Propriety, that all that is in God ſhall be ours; his love ours, his Spirit ours, his mercy ours.

    3. Correct language or pronunciation.

      • Thoſe who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepoſtor for Prepoſitor and Conſtur for Conſtrue[…]

    4. Suitability, fitness

      Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.

      • I find such a pleasure, sir, in obeying your commands, that I take care to observe them without ever debating their propriety.
      • Now, if we may, with propriety, refer to the people one question, why may we not, with equal propriety, refer another?

    5. Correctness in behaviour and morals

      Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness.

      • Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.

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Derived

impropriety, proprietarian, proprietariat, unpropriety

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at propriety. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01propriety02individuality03identity04rest05anxiety06uneasy07easy08skill

A definitional loop anchored at propriety. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at propriety

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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