properness

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English

Etymology

From proper +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

properness (usually uncountable, plural propernesses)

  1. The state or condition of being proper; propriety.
  2. (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).
  3. (obsolete) Excellence, quality.
    • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, II.3.2:
      Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits […] betook himself to his beads, and by those means got more honour than ever he should have done with the use of his limbs and properness of person […]
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