Meaning of proprietous | Babel Free

Definitions

proper

proscribed, sometimes

Examples

“[…] the russet gown and spotless head-gear, so proprietous to the out-of-doors employments, and in-doors aspect of a cottager?”

“Writers have⟳ sought both to observe⟳ and to exploit these constraints, and sometimes to flout them, while critics have⟳ set⟳ themselves up mostly to patrol the perimeters of proprietous expression […]”

“The ancient sages offer⟳ this advice: If it is not proprietous, do not look⟳ at it. If it is not proprietous, do not do it. If it is in front of you, behave as if you saw⟳ nothing. If it is spoken to you, behave as if you heard nothing.”

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