Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Improper, not according with fact or reason; wrong, irregular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Improper, not suited for its use or application; inappropriate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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adj
Not belonging to a given person; someone else's.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Improper, not according with good standards of behaviour; indecent, indecorous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
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.
