ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Proprietousness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Proprietousness is a noun meaning (rare) The state of being proprietous or proper; properness.

Meaning

(rare) The state of being proprietous or proper; properness.

Example Sentences

The inappropriate disapproval of this infantile innocence by the virginal proprietousness of a Gerty MacDowell--another prudish character whose nature proves irrepressible--is seen in the final image.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include properness, property, propriety, proprietariness, proprietorship, possessoriness.

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