Propers
plural of Proper
• Prosper, prosper, prospre
propers
plural of proper
Elision and pluralisation of proper respect
propers pl (plural only)
(slang) proper treatment, respect
• Prosper, prosper, prospre
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
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
