improperadj.

/ɪmˈprɒpə/

Etymology: < im- prefix² + proper adj., n., and adv.; after French impropre (1372 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), Latin improprius.

Not proper; the opposite of proper.

a. Not truly or strictly belonging to the thing under consideration; not in accordance with truth, fact, reason, or rule; abnormal, irregular; incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, wrong.Formerly sometimes without implication of blame or censure, e.g. said of a meaning given to a word which is not the ‘proper’ or literal one, but metaphorical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]

unrightlyeOE

leasea900

falsec1175

untruec1370

untruefulc1380

erroneousc1400

fallacec1400

wrongc1420

unsubstantialc1455

wrongfulc1470

unrighteous1507

improper1531

perverse1531

mistaken1540

square1549

truthless1568

uncorrect1568

misconceiveda1612

errorous1633

swervinga1638

tralatitious1645

out of the way1676

wrongous1768

aberrated1834

aberrational1837

unsubstantiated1837

unevidenced1842

non-realistic1882

unsubstantiate1890

screwed-up1942

disauthentic1960

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > to nature, reason, or rule

improper1531

preposterous1533

paradoxical1646

inconceivable1754

paradoxal1888

1531 [implied in: T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxv. sig. Miv Modestie: whiche worde nat beinge knowen in the englisshe tonge,..they improprely named this vertue descretion. (at improperly adv.)].

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Improper, improprius, abusiuus.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 877 When the Scripture saith, that the Lord God is unchaungeable, it is a proper speach, because he is so of his owne nature..When it sayth: Hee went down to see the Tower of Babel, then it is an improper speach.

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) Introd. to Rdr. iii. 42 To eate Christs flesh—to pluck out our right eye..We cannot read any of these literally and properly..therefore we must seek for a spiritual and improper sense.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 201 Which to have said in the time of Joshua had been improper.

1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 87 Of which one can only speak in metaphorical and improper Language.

1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 7 It is not lest you should censure me improperly, but lest you should form improper opinions on matters of some moment to you, that I trouble you at all upon the subject.

1870 J. Tyndall Lect. Electr. 14 The conductors were called non-electrics, because they could not be so electrified. The division is improper, because if a conductor be insulated it can readily be electrified.

b. Not properly so called; improper fraction: a fraction whose numerator is greater than (or equal to) its denominator, and whose value is therefore greater than (or equal to) unity. (Formerly applied to analogous fractions in Algebra.) improper diphthong: see quot. 1795.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > without deserving the name

named1532

improper1552

self-styled1640

equivocal1643

so-called1837

so-termed1843

so-styled1844

the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > numerator or denominator relationships

improper fraction1552

proper fractiona1630

infinitesimal1706

complex fraction1827

1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Q.vi An impropre fraction..that is to say, a fraction in form, which in deed is greater then an vnite.

1629 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse (ed. 2) To Rdr. They [shepherds and shepherdesses in a Pastoral] are not to be adorn'd with any art, but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and Poetry.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 44 Improper Fractions have alwayes the Numerator greater than the Denominator.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 4 An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in eagle, oa in boat.

1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 187 To Reduce an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Quantity.

2. Not in accordance with the nature of the case or the purpose in view; unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate, ill-adapted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

unbecomelyc1200

amissc1325

wrongousa1350

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unquemea1400

inconvenientc1400

unlikelyc1405

disconvenienta1425

impertinenta1425

discovenablec1436

unmeetc1440

wrongc1440

unjustc1443

unbehovablec1450

inconvenientc1460

uncordial1488

unmeetly1534

unapt1539

unfit1548

incommodious1553

ungreeing1560

impertinent1565

stravagant1565

unproper1566

improper1570

unhovable1570

unapt1579

unbeseeming1583

unsuitablea1586

unappliable1588

unapt1588

unlikely1590

unfittinga1592

unfitted1592

unsuiting1596

unbefitting1598

unsorted1598

unsuited1598

contrary1600

impair1609

unfitty1613

incompetible1621

incongruous1623

infita1626

uncompetiblea1628

inaccommodatea1657

inapplicable1656

inconcinnate1657

inconcinnous1662

inept1675

unaccommodatea1676

incommode1678

indecorous1681

untoward1682

unapplicable1690

insuitable1692

unsuit1704

malapropos1709

inapt1744

out of place1748

uncongenial1788

unfit-like1796

ungain-like1796

inappropriate1804

unadapted1805

dissuitable1807

dissuited1819

ineligible1828

infelicitous1835

unapropos1840

butt-ended1850

malappropriate1851

ungenial1871

misappropriate1878

unbecoming1893

unappropriate1898

unadjusted1899

offside1910

off-key1943

improbable1958

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Rather, then, either to want a name, or to haue to base and impropre a name.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 90 The Hungarish horse by nature are not improper for war, being couragious, strong.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xiii. sig. Ff5 A Plain being a very improper place for such a purpose.

a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 462 [The quotation] is not improper to the occasion.

1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 50 As improper to be approached as a rocky lee shore.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 56 Hydrogen gas is improper for respiration.

3. Not in accordance with good manners, modesty, or decorum; unbecoming, unseemly; indecorous, indecent. Also transferred of a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]

unthewfulc1050

unhend?c1225

uncomelyc1230

unseemlya1300

unseeminga1340

unseemc1425

untowardly1483

indecent1570

unbeseeming1583

uncivil1586

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

unhandsome1645

untoward1658

incorrect1672

indecorous1682

outré1722

improper1739

indelicate1741

unproper1797

pah1835

it is not (frequently isn't) done1879

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]

unbecomelyc1200

uncomelyc1230

unseemlya1300

unsetec1325

unseemly1338

unconablea1340

unseeminga1340

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unseemc1425

unjustc1443

unconvenient1450

unsoundablec1450

unhonestc1503

inconvenienta1513

mis-seeminga1522

unconvenable1542

undecent1546

graceless1562

unsetting1567

indecent1570

misbecoming1589

misbeseeming1589

uncouth1589

unbeseeming1593

seemless1596

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

wry1601

disbecominga1639

unbeseemly1648

improper1739

ugly1879

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > improper

unjustc1443

graceless1562

ill1586

ugly1594

incorrect1672

paw-paw1723

improper1739

unproper1797

pah1835

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective]

unhonest13..

inhonest1340

undecent1563

broad1579

nasty1601

indecent1613

paw1668

paw-paw1723

improper1739

unproper1797

fie-fie1812

warm1814

blue1818

indecorous1829

off-colour1875

sultry1887

suggestive1888

scorching1890

juicy1923

gamey1945

1739 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 July (1932) (modernized text) II. 367 It would be very improper and indecent, if you were to fly your kite, or play at nine-pins, while you are with Mr. Maittaire.

1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 106/2 It would be highly improper that their books should be wantonly subjected to curious and impertinent eyes.

1791 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) III. 438 I am too old to be improper and you are too modest to be impropered to.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 10 Had it ever occurred to her that there was anything improper in having them there, she would probably have removed them.

1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 177 I see single women besides myself at Verey's—not improper—governesses, and the like.

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†4. ? Not proper or peculiar to an individual; general, common. Obsolete. rare. [Quot. 1629 at sense 1b is taken in this sense in recent dictionaries.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† improperv.¹

Forms: Middle English enpropre, enproper, 1500s empropre, emproper, 1500s–1600s impropre, Middle English–1600s improper. See also impropry v.

Etymology: Middle English en- , empropre , apparently representing an Anglo-Norman *enproprier , a variant (with change of prefix) of Old French aproprier, < Latin appropriāre to appropriate v. (No Old French emproprier or improprier is recorded, and the medieval or modern Latin impropriāre is cited by Du Cange only from English documents, and is presumably a latinization of the Anglo-Norman or English word, though, in form, immediately < Latin in (in- prefix³) into + proprius own, private.) In English apropre , appropre v., was in earlier use, apparently with the same sense. The variant impropry v. corresponds to apropry.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To assign as a proper or private possession, to appropriate; = impropriate v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > own [verb (transitive)] > own individually > appropriate to an individual

improperc1380

impropry1526

impropriate1567

individuate1641

individualize1863

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 81 But boþe þes ben enproprid to god.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B ij That is to hym improperid bi lawe of armys.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxvi^v He also had enproperyd vnto hym dyuerse Wardys belongynge to the Kynge.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFiiii^v Persons..whose lyfe is aboue other, impropered to contemplacion.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 82 He that empropereth to him selfe that, whiche oughte to be common to al, is to be blamed of god, and hated of men.

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xv. 520 If he would in like manner improper, and inclose the Sonne beames, to comforte the riche.

1642 Bp. J. Hall Modest Confut. iii. 6 I have alwayes resolved that neither person nor cause shall improper me, further than they are good. [Cf. Milton Apol. Sm. iii.]

2. Ecclesiastical Law. = impropriate v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [verb (transitive)] > impose tithe > place tithes in lay hands

improper1528

impropriate1613

1528 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 2 To unite, annex, and improper the same unto the church of Saint Peters in Ipiswiche.

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxix Many an abbey..haue the great parte therof in benefycys gyuen in and empropred vnto theym.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xiv. sig. D3^v Parsonages and vicarages, which were..impropryd vnto them.

1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 304 He impropred vnto our church the parsonage of Buckland Abbatis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	improper
释义	improperadj. /ɪmˈprɒpə/ Etymology: < im- prefix² + proper adj., n., and adv.; after French impropre (1372 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), Latin improprius. Not proper; the opposite of proper. 1. a. Not truly or strictly belonging to the thing under consideration; not in accordance with truth, fact, reason, or rule; abnormal, irregular; incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, wrong.Formerly sometimes without implication of blame or censure, e.g. said of a meaning given to a word which is not the ‘proper’ or literal one, but metaphorical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] unrightlyeOE leasea900 falsec1175 untruec1370 untruefulc1380 erroneousc1400 fallacec1400 wrongc1420 unsubstantialc1455 wrongfulc1470 unrighteous1507 improper1531 perverse1531 mistaken1540 square1549 truthless1568 uncorrect1568 misconceiveda1612 errorous1633 swervinga1638 tralatitious1645 out of the way1676 wrongous1768 aberrated1834 aberrational1837 unsubstantiated1837 unevidenced1842 non-realistic1882 unsubstantiate1890 screwed-up1942 disauthentic1960 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > to nature, reason, or rule improper1531 preposterous1533 paradoxical1646 inconceivable1754 paradoxal1888 1531 [implied in: T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxv. sig. Miv Modestie: whiche worde nat beinge knowen in the englisshe tonge,..they improprely named this vertue descretion. (at improperly adv.)]. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Improper, improprius, abusiuus. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 877 When the Scripture saith, that the Lord God is unchaungeable, it is a proper speach, because he is so of his owne nature..When it sayth: Hee went down to see the Tower of Babel, then it is an improper speach. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) Introd. to Rdr. iii. 42 To eate Christs flesh—to pluck out our right eye..We cannot read any of these literally and properly..therefore we must seek for a spiritual and improper sense. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 201 Which to have said in the time of Joshua had been improper. 1701 tr. J. Le Clerc Lives Primitive Fathers 87 Of which one can only speak in metaphorical and improper Language. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 7 It is not lest you should censure me improperly, but lest you should form improper opinions on matters of some moment to you, that I trouble you at all upon the subject. 1870 J. Tyndall Lect. Electr. 14 The conductors were called non-electrics, because they could not be so electrified. The division is improper, because if a conductor be insulated it can readily be electrified. b. Not properly so called; improper fraction: a fraction whose numerator is greater than (or equal to) its denominator, and whose value is therefore greater than (or equal to) unity. (Formerly applied to analogous fractions in Algebra.) improper diphthong: see quot. 1795. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > without deserving the name named1532 improper1552 self-styled1640 equivocal1643 so-called1837 so-termed1843 so-styled1844 the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > numerator or denominator relationships improper fraction1552 proper fractiona1630 infinitesimal1706 complex fraction1827 1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. Q.vi An impropre fraction..that is to say, a fraction in form, which in deed is greater then an vnite. 1629 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse (ed. 2) To Rdr. They [shepherds and shepherdesses in a Pastoral] are not to be adorn'd with any art, but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and Poetry. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 44 Improper Fractions have alwayes the Numerator greater than the Denominator. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 4 An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in eagle, oa in boat. 1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 187 To Reduce an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Quantity. 2. Not in accordance with the nature of the case or the purpose in view; unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate, ill-adapted. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij Rather, then, either to want a name, or to haue to base and impropre a name. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 90 The Hungarish horse by nature are not improper for war, being couragious, strong. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xiii. sig. Ff5 A Plain being a very improper place for such a purpose. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 462 [The quotation] is not improper to the occasion. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 50 As improper to be approached as a rocky lee shore. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 56 Hydrogen gas is improper for respiration. 3. Not in accordance with good manners, modesty, or decorum; unbecoming, unseemly; indecorous, indecent. Also transferred of a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] unthewfulc1050 unhend?c1225 uncomelyc1230 unseemlya1300 unseeminga1340 unseemc1425 untowardly1483 indecent1570 unbeseeming1583 uncivil1586 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 unhandsome1645 untoward1658 incorrect1672 indecorous1682 outré1722 improper1739 indelicate1741 unproper1797 pah1835 it is not (frequently isn't) done1879 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] unbecomelyc1200 uncomelyc1230 unseemlya1300 unsetec1325 unseemly1338 unconablea1340 unseeminga1340 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unseemc1425 unjustc1443 unconvenient1450 unsoundablec1450 unhonestc1503 inconvenienta1513 mis-seeminga1522 unconvenable1542 undecent1546 graceless1562 unsetting1567 indecent1570 misbecoming1589 misbeseeming1589 uncouth1589 unbeseeming1593 seemless1596 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 wry1601 disbecominga1639 unbeseemly1648 improper1739 ugly1879 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > improper unjustc1443 graceless1562 ill1586 ugly1594 incorrect1672 paw-paw1723 improper1739 unproper1797 pah1835 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] unhonest13.. inhonest1340 undecent1563 broad1579 nasty1601 indecent1613 paw1668 paw-paw1723 improper1739 unproper1797 fie-fie1812 warm1814 blue1818 indecorous1829 off-colour1875 sultry1887 suggestive1888 scorching1890 juicy1923 gamey1945 1739 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 July (1932) (modernized text) II. 367 It would be very improper and indecent, if you were to fly your kite, or play at nine-pins, while you are with Mr. Maittaire. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 106/2 It would be highly improper that their books should be wantonly subjected to curious and impertinent eyes. 1791 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) III. 438 I am too old to be improper and you are too modest to be impropered to. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 10 Had it ever occurred to her that there was anything improper in having them there, she would probably have removed them. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 177 I see single women besides myself at Verey's—not improper—governesses, and the like. Thesaurus » Categories » †4. ? Not proper or peculiar to an individual; general, common. Obsolete. rare. [Quot. 1629 at sense 1b is taken in this sense in recent dictionaries.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † improperv.¹ Forms: Middle English enpropre, enproper, 1500s empropre, emproper, 1500s–1600s impropre, Middle English–1600s improper. See also impropry v. Etymology: Middle English en- , empropre , apparently representing an Anglo-Norman enproprier , a variant (with change of prefix) of Old French aproprier, < Latin appropriāre* to appropriate v. (No Old French emproprier or improprier is recorded, and the medieval or modern Latin impropriāre is cited by Du Cange only from English documents, and is presumably a latinization of the Anglo-Norman or English word, though, in form, immediately < Latin in (in- prefix³) into + proprius own, private.) In English apropre , appropre v., was in earlier use, apparently with the same sense. The variant impropry v. corresponds to apropry. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To assign as a proper or private possession, to appropriate; = impropriate v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > own [verb (transitive)] > own individually > appropriate to an individual improperc1380 impropry1526 impropriate1567 individuate1641 individualize1863 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 81 But boþe þes ben enproprid to god. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B ij That is to hym improperid bi lawe of armys. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxvi^v He also had enproperyd vnto hym dyuerse Wardys belongynge to the Kynge. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. FFFiiii^v Persons..whose lyfe is aboue other, impropered to contemplacion. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 82 He that empropereth to him selfe that, whiche oughte to be common to al, is to be blamed of god, and hated of men. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xv. 520 If he would in like manner improper, and inclose the Sonne beames, to comforte the riche. 1642 Bp. J. Hall Modest Confut. iii. 6 I have alwayes resolved that neither person nor cause shall improper me, further than they are good. [Cf. Milton Apol. Sm. iii.] 2. Ecclesiastical Law. = impropriate v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [verb (transitive)] > impose tithe > place tithes in lay hands improper1528 impropriate1613 1528 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 2 To unite, annex, and improper the same unto the church of Saint Peters in Ipiswiche. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxxix Many an abbey..haue the great parte therof in benefycys gyuen in and empropred vnto theym. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xiv. sig. D3^v Parsonages and vicarages, which were..impropryd vnto them. 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 304 He impropred vnto our church the parsonage of Buckland Abbatis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † improperv.² Etymology: < improper adj. Obsolete. intransitive. To behave improperly.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1791 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) III. 438 I am too old to be improper and you are too modest to be impropered to. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1531v.¹c1380v.²1791
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improperadj.

† improperv.1

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