释义 |
propriety /prə- or prō-prīˈə-ti/ noun- Conformity with good manners
- Conformity with convention in language and conduct
- (in pl) the conventions of respectable behaviour
- Rightness, eg in the use of words
- Appropriateness
- Seemliness
- Decency
- A character, quality or property (obsolete)
- Particular nature, individuality (Shakespeare)
- Ownership (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Fr propriété, from L proprietās, -ātis, from proprius own |