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unˈproper, a. Now rare.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
†1. = improper a. 1. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 269 We seen now bi a myror, in fer siȝt, and unpropre, but we shulen se after in blis þe firste trouþe face to face. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 589 Improprium, unpropre. 1594Blundevil Exerc. i. xxii. (1597) 23 b, The vnproper [compound musical proportion] is, when to 3 numbers giuen, 2 other seuerall numbers are ioyned [etc.]. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. i. §5 (1622) 8 So that Demonstrations are here vnproper and vnprofitable. 1661Campion Counterpoint ii. 122 The last close being to be made in the greater or sharp third, is unproper.
†b. spec. Of language. Obs.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. v. 27 Bi vnpropre maner of speche and bi figure. Ibid., In this present purpos of grounding and of the vnpropir speking vsid ther upon. 1550Veron Godly Saiyngs B iv b, An abused and an vnpropre speache. c1568R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 87 To traine his Scholler to a iudgement, in cutting out..ouer old and vnproper wordes. 1607Markham Cavel. ii. xix. 203 Speaking of these loftie ayres, hee calles them Cariering horses; an epithiton most vnproper.
2. = improper a. 2. Now dial.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 221 Ignorance..will cause them selues to be their owne Gnatoes, a most vnproper part, to be seene vpon a stage, when [etc.]. 1605Camden Rem. 14 It will not be vnproper I hope to this purpose if I note out of the epistles of..Busbequius. a1659Osborne Piso & Vindex Wks. (1673) 373 An endeavour no less indecent for men of Honour, than unproper for a Tyrant. 1678Moxon Mech. Exerc. vi. 101 The use of which..is unproper for me to meddle with in this Place. 1773Johnson (ed. 4), Unproper,..unfit, not right. 1869–in various dialect glossaries, etc.
3. = improper a. 3. rare.
1868Mrs. Whitney P. Strong ix, As foolish and happy and unproper as one pleases.
†4. = improper a. 4. Obs.
1604Shakes. Oth. iv. i. 69 Millions..nightly lye in those vnproper beds, Which they dare sweare peculiar. |