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proprietousness

proprietousness noun: the state of being proprietous or proper; properness.

Noun

proprietousness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being proprietous or proper; properness
    • 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...1988, Craig Martin Buckwald, Transforming Vision: The Authority of Romantic Nature in the Fiction of James Joyce, Volume 2, page 447

Origin of proprietousness

From proprietous + -ness.

Questions about proprietousness

What does proprietousness mean?
Proprietousness means the state of being proprietous or proper; properness.
What part of speech is proprietousness?
Proprietousness is a noun.

Words near proprietousness in the dictionary

  1. proprietorship
  2. proprietorships
  3. proprietory
  4. proprietous
  5. proprietously
  6. proprietousness
  7. proprietress
  8. proprietresses
  9. proprietrices
  10. proprietrix
  11. proprietrixes

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