improprietyn.¹

/ɪmprəʊˈprʌɪɪti/

Etymology: < French impropriété (Calvin, 1560), or its source Latin improprietās , < improprius improper adj.: compare propriety n.

1. The quality of being improper.

a. Want of accordance with the nature of the thing, or with reason or rule; incorrectness, erroneousness, inaccuracy.

ΘΚΠ

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

falseness1303

falselekea1350

untrothc1386

falsehooda1400

untruth1439

mensongec1450

fallax1530

falsity1579

fallacy1590

impropriety1611

improperness1612

wrongc1620

fallaciousness1644

fallacity1648

untrueness1652

unsubstantiality1838

unsubstantialness1860

incorrectitude1898

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Improprieta, improprietie.

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. Illustr. 35 The plaine truth (as wordes may certifie your eyes, sauing all impropriety of obiect) is, that in the Poole are seated three Isles.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iv. 114 Then which words there can be none plainer, nor more evidently discover the improprietie of this appellation.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. viii. 272 The following observations may serve to show the impropriety of this representation.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §4 We may therefore say, without impropriety, that the quality forms part of its signification.

b. Want of accordance with the purpose in view; unsuitableness, unfitness, inappropriateness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun]

unconablenessa1340

unconabletya1340

unlikelinessa1413

ungrace1430

disconveniencec1450

wangrace1513

uncomeliness1542

improperty1555

unproperness1561

unmeetness1574

unhandsomeness1598

unbeseemingness1623

unbecomingness1652

impropriety1697

indecence1714

paw-pawness1828

unadaptedness1846

unbefittingness1865

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

inconvenience1413

uncompetence?1541

unaptness1548

improperty1555

unaptness1557

unproperness1561

impertinency1573

unmeetness1574

disagreement1580

unfitnessa1586

unsuitablenessa1586

incongruity1597

inconvenientness1600

improperness1612

indispositiona1613

insuitability1612

ineptitude1615

impertinence1616

inconcinnity1616

infelicity1617

unbeseemingness1623

ineptness1633

impertinentness1645

incompatibility1659

incompetibilitya1660

disaccommodationa1676

indecorousness1681

indisposednessa1684

inaptitudea1688

impropriety1697

wrongness1726

ineligibility1795

inaptness1814

unsuitability1814

unappropriateness1838

unadaptedness1846

inappropriateness1847

unfittingness1861

unbefittingness1865

ineligibleness1881

1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 316 There appeared near 20 of the colledge of physitians to shew the impropriety of the medicine.

1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 212 The impropriety of the common process of distillation.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 224 The impropriety of holding a public discussion with such men.

c. Want of accordance with good manners or decorum; unbecomingness, unseemliness, indecency; morally improper conduct.

ΘΚΠ

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

unseemlinessc1380

indecency1589

undecency1589

unbecomingness1652

indecorum1664

indecence1714

impropriety1751

indecorousness1811

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

unconablenessa1340

unseemlinessc1380

ungrace1430

disconveniencec1450

unlikelinessc1485

wangrace1513

unseemingness1540

uncomeliness1542

indecency1589

undecency1589

unhandsomeness1598

unbeseemingness1623

misbecomingness1644

unbecomingness1652

indecorum1664

indecence1714

impropriety1751

indecorousness1811

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

unskillc1175

unkina1200

unthriftc1374

inconveniencec1460

mal-behaviour1721

impropriety1751

paw-pawness1828

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

inhonesty1481

scandal1622

nastiness1650

fulsomeness1684

indecency1692

impropriety1751

blue1824

paw-pawness1828

blueness1833

gaminess1854

suggestiveness1888

purple1930

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 174. ⁋13 I was convinced..of the impropriety of my conduct.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 230 The license and impropriety of the Duke of Rothsay's conduct was the more reprehensible in the public view, that he was a married person.

1884 Law Times Rep. 51 247/2 The defendants obtained the property by misconduct, fraud, and impropriety.

2. with an and plural. An instance of improper language, conduct, etc.; a breach of propriety.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [noun] > instance of

indecorum1575

undecency1624

indecency1639

evagation1649

impropriety1685

sin1780

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > improper behaviour > instance of

impropriety1685

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > instance of

scape1565

solecism1577

solœcophanes1583

slip1620

cacemphaton1622

acyrological1623

impropriety1685

incorrectnessa1771

Kiplingism1803

ingrammaticism1888

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > instance of

unconabletya1340

indecorum1575

undecency1624

sin1780

impropriety1831

1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ v. 283 We are not bound to follow any modern Writers in their Improprieties.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 399 They had made themselves merry with some improprieties in the French.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. ⁋6 Every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities, which it is the duty of the lexicographer to correct or proscribe.

1831 T. Carlyle Note Bk. 17 Nov. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. x. 229 How often do we find a conduct defaced by many a moral impropriety!

1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 185 Guilty of some terrible impropriety.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	impropriety
释义	improprietyn.¹ /ɪmprəʊˈprʌɪɪti/ Etymology: < French impropriété (Calvin, 1560), or its source Latin improprietās , < improprius improper adj.: compare propriety n. 1. The quality of being improper. a. Want of accordance with the nature of the thing, or with reason or rule; incorrectness, erroneousness, inaccuracy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] falseness1303 falselekea1350 untrothc1386 falsehooda1400 untruth1439 mensongec1450 fallax1530 falsity1579 fallacy1590 impropriety1611 improperness1612 wrongc1620 fallaciousness1644 fallacity1648 untrueness1652 unsubstantiality1838 unsubstantialness1860 incorrectitude1898 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Improprieta, improprietie. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. Illustr. 35 The plaine truth (as wordes may certifie your eyes, sauing all impropriety of obiect) is, that in the Poole are seated three Isles. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iv. 114 Then which words there can be none plainer, nor more evidently discover the improprietie of this appellation. View more context for this quotation 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. viii. 272 The following observations may serve to show the impropriety of this representation. View more context for this quotation 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §4 We may therefore say, without impropriety, that the quality forms part of its signification. b. Want of accordance with the purpose in view; unsuitableness, unfitness, inappropriateness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun] unconablenessa1340 unconabletya1340 unlikelinessa1413 ungrace1430 disconveniencec1450 wangrace1513 uncomeliness1542 improperty1555 unproperness1561 unmeetness1574 unhandsomeness1598 unbeseemingness1623 unbecomingness1652 impropriety1697 indecence1714 paw-pawness1828 unadaptedness1846 unbefittingness1865 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] inconvenience1413 uncompetence?1541 unaptness1548 improperty1555 unaptness1557 unproperness1561 impertinency1573 unmeetness1574 disagreement1580 unfitnessa1586 unsuitablenessa1586 incongruity1597 inconvenientness1600 improperness1612 indispositiona1613 insuitability1612 ineptitude1615 impertinence1616 inconcinnity1616 infelicity1617 unbeseemingness1623 ineptness1633 impertinentness1645 incompatibility1659 incompetibilitya1660 disaccommodationa1676 indecorousness1681 indisposednessa1684 inaptitudea1688 impropriety1697 wrongness1726 ineligibility1795 inaptness1814 unsuitability1814 unappropriateness1838 unadaptedness1846 inappropriateness1847 unfittingness1861 unbefittingness1865 ineligibleness1881 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 316 There appeared near 20 of the colledge of physitians to shew the impropriety of the medicine. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 212 The impropriety of the common process of distillation. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 224 The impropriety of holding a public discussion with such men. c. Want of accordance with good manners or decorum; unbecomingness, unseemliness, indecency; morally improper conduct. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [noun] unseemlinessc1380 indecency1589 undecency1589 unbecomingness1652 indecorum1664 indecence1714 impropriety1751 indecorousness1811 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] unconablenessa1340 unseemlinessc1380 ungrace1430 disconveniencec1450 unlikelinessc1485 wangrace1513 unseemingness1540 uncomeliness1542 indecency1589 undecency1589 unhandsomeness1598 unbeseemingness1623 misbecomingness1644 unbecomingness1652 indecorum1664 indecence1714 impropriety1751 indecorousness1811 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > improper behaviour unskillc1175 unkina1200 unthriftc1374 inconveniencec1460 mal-behaviour1721 impropriety1751 paw-pawness1828 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] inhonesty1481 scandal1622 nastiness1650 fulsomeness1684 indecency1692 impropriety1751 blue1824 paw-pawness1828 blueness1833 gaminess1854 suggestiveness1888 purple1930 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 174. ⁋13 I was convinced..of the impropriety of my conduct. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 230 The license and impropriety of the Duke of Rothsay's conduct was the more reprehensible in the public view, that he was a married person. 1884 Law Times Rep. 51 247/2 The defendants obtained the property by misconduct, fraud, and impropriety. 2. with an and plural. An instance of improper language, conduct, etc.; a breach of propriety. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [noun] > instance of indecorum1575 undecency1624 indecency1639 evagation1649 impropriety1685 sin1780 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > improper behaviour > instance of impropriety1685 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > instance of scape1565 solecism1577 solœcophanes1583 slip1620 cacemphaton1622 acyrological1623 impropriety1685 incorrectnessa1771 Kiplingism1803 ingrammaticism1888 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > instance of unconabletya1340 indecorum1575 undecency1624 sin1780 impropriety1831 1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ v. 283 We are not bound to follow any modern Writers in their Improprieties. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiv. 399 They had made themselves merry with some improprieties in the French. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. ⁋6 Every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities, which it is the duty of the lexicographer to correct or proscribe. 1831 T. Carlyle Note Bk. 17 Nov. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. x. 229 How often do we find a conduct defaced by many a moral impropriety! 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 185 Guilty of some terrible impropriety. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2018). improprietyn.² in Strype, by a misreading of impropriate, apparently after propriety = property. Π 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. xxxiv. 268 Rectories, parsonages, benefices, improprieties, glebe-lands, tithes. (The original document has ‘Beneficis impropryate’: see impropriate ppl. a. 2, quot. 1555.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.¹1611n.²1721
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