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proper[1,adjective] proper[2,noun] proper[3,adverb] proper adjective proper fraction proper noun

Main Entry: ¹prop·er
Pronunciation: 'prä-p&r
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English propre proper, own, from Anglo-French, from Latin proprius own
1 a : referring to one individual only b : belonging to one : OWN c : appointed for the liturgy of a particular day d : represented heraldically in natural color
2 : belonging characteristically to a species or individual : PECULIAR
3 chiefly dialect : GOOD-LOOKING, HANDSOME
4 : very good : EXCELLENT
5 chiefly British : UTTER, ABSOLUTE
6 : strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea <the city proper>
7 a : strictly accurate : CORRECT b archaic : VIRTUOUS, RESPECTABLE c : strictly decorous : GENTEEL
8 : marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : FIT
9 : being a mathematical subset (as a subgroup) that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived
synonym see FIT
- prop·er·ly adverb
- prop·er·ness noun