unproper
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper English unproper From un- + proper.
- derived from proprebor
Definitions
Improper, not according with fact or reason
Improper, not according with fact or reason; wrong, irregular.
Improper, not suited for its use or application
Improper, not suited for its use or application; inappropriate.
- The pleasure in the act of Venus is the greatest of the pleasures of the senses: the matching of it with itch is unproper; though that also be pleasing to the touch.
Not belonging to a given person
Not belonging to a given person; someone else's.
- There's Millions now aliue, That nightly lye in those vnproper beds, Which they dare sweare peculiar.
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Improper, not according with good standards of behaviour
Improper, not according with good standards of behaviour; indecent, indecorous.
- His equally unproper brother, City Planner Charles W. II, shocked purists in the 19303 by building a flat-topped house in Ipswich.
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No curated loop yet for unproper. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA