properest
(nonstandard) superlative form of proper: most proper.
• restopper
Source: Wiktionary
Prop"er, a. Etym: [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. Appropriate.]
1. Belonging to one; one's own; individual. "His proper good" [i. e., his own possessions]. Chaucer. "My proper son." Shak. Now learn the difference, at your proper cost, Betwixt true valor and an empty boast. Dryden.
2. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites. Those high and peculiar attributes . . . which constitute our proper humanity. Coleridge.
3. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress. The proper study of mankind is man. Pope. In Athens all was pleasure, mirth, and play, All proper to the spring, and sprightly May. Dryden.
4. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. [Archaic] "Thou art a proper man." Chaucer. Moses . . . was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child. Heb. xi. 23.
5. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
6. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper; the garden proper.
7. (Her.)
Definition: Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object used as a charge. In proper, individually; privately. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
– Proper flower or corolla (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower.
– Proper fraction (Arith.) a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator.
– Proper nectary (Bot.), a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower.
– Proper noun (Gram.), a name belonging to an individual, by which it is distinguished from others of the same class; -- opposed to Ant: common noun; as, John, Boston, America.
– Proper perianth or involucre (Bot.), that which incloses only a single flower.
– Proper receptacle (Bot.), a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification.
Prop"er, adv.
Definition: Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good. [Colloq & Vulgar]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
