| 单词 | propriety |
| 释义 | propriety /preuh pruy"i tee/, n. , pl. proprieties. 1. conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners. 2. appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability. 3. rightness or justness. 4. the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners: to observe the proprieties. 5. Obs. a property. 6. Obs. a peculiarity or characteristic of something. [1425-75; late ME propriete ownership, something owned, one's own nature (cf. var. proprete PROPERTY) < MF propriété < L proprietas peculiarity, ownership, equiv. to propri(us) PROPER + -etas, var., after vowels, of -itas -ITY] Syn. 1. decency, modesty. See etiquette. 2. aptness, fitness, seemliness. 3. correctness. |
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