Main Entry:: ¹prop·er
Pronunciation:: \ˈprä-pər\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Middle English propre proper, own, from Anglo-French, from Latin proprius own
Date:: 14th century

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 color2: belonging characteristically to a species or individual : peculiar3chiefly dialect : good-looking , handsome4: very good : excellent5chiefly British : utter , absolute6: strictly limited to a specified thing, place, or idea <the city proper>7 a: strictly accurate : correct barchaic : virtuous , respectable c: strictly decorous : genteel8: marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : fit9: being a mathematical subset (as a subgroup) that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived

synonyms see fit

— prop·er·ly adverb

— prop·er·ness noun

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