| 释义 |
imˈproperness rare.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being improper; impropriety.
1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. viii. (1627) 110 For the impropernesse of the phrase in our speech. 1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide i. 13 Faine to..snarle at the seeming impropernesse of a word. 1695S. Lobb Let. Dr. Bates 11 The Improperness of Calling God Creditor, and Sin Debts otherwise than Metaphorically. |