What does proprietous mean?
Proprietous means (sometimes proscribed) proper.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(sometimes proscribed) proper.
[…] the russet gown and spotless head-gear, so proprietous to the out-of-doors employments, and in-doors aspect of a cottager?
Writers have sought both to observe and to exploit these constraints, and sometimes to flout them, while critics have set themselves up mostly to patrol the perimeters of proprietous expression […]
The ancient sages offer this advice: If it is not proprietous, do not look at it. If it is not proprietous, do not do it. If it is in front of you, behave as if you saw nothing. If it is spoken to you, behave as if you heard nothing.
Use proprietous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Proprietous means (sometimes proscribed) proper.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] the russet gown and spotless head-gear, so proprietous to the out-of-doors employments, and in-doors aspect of a cottager?
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