Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - propriety
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Propriety
propriety
noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English propriete, from Anglo-French propriete, proprete property, quality of a person or thing — more at property Date: 14th century 1. obsolete true nature 2. obsolete a special characteristic ; peculiarity 3. the quality or state of being proper ; appropriateness 4. a. conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct or speech b. fear of offending against conventional rules of behavior especially between the sexes c. plural the customs and manners of polite society
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1.
n. (pl. -ies) 1 fitness; rightness (doubt the propriety of refusing him). 2 correctness of behaviour or morals (highest standards of propriety). 3 (in pl.) the details or rules of correct conduct (must observe the proprieties). Etymology: ME, = ownership, peculiarity f. OF propriet{eacute} PROPERTY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. правильность propriety of style —- правильность стиля 2. приличия, пристойность to observe the proprieties —- соблюдать приличия 3. правильность поведения conventional propriety —- элементарные правила поведения 4. уместность a remark of doubtful propriety —- сомнительное замечание 5. уст. собственность 6. редк. черта; свойство; особенность Id: marriage of propriety —- брак по расчету ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
noun 1) правильность, уместность 2) пристойность; the proprieties - приличия 3) obs. право собственности ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
Propriety is the quality of being socially or morally acceptable. (FORMAL) Their sense of social propriety is eroded. ? impropriety N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ n formal 1 correctness of social or moral behaviour, especially between men and women or between people of different social ranks, age etc (Jonathan behaved with the utmost propriety on our first date.) 2 the proprieties the accepted rules of correct social behaviour (strict in observing the proprieties) (- see also impropriety) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 1456, from O.Fr. proprietй, from L. proprietatem (nom. proprietas) "appropriateness," also "ownership" (see property). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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