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Meaning of proprietousness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The state of being proprietous or proper; properness

rare, uncountable

Examples

“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...”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

proprietress proprietrix Propriety Proprioception Proprioceptive proprioceptor