English-Thai Dictionary

propriety

N ความเหมาะสม  ความถูกต้อง  aptness suitability accordance inconsistencey incongruity kwam-mor-som

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROPRIETY

n.[L. proprietas, from proprius.] 1. Property; peculiar or exclusive right of possession; ownership. [This primary sense of the word, as used by Locke, Milton, Dryden, etc. seems not to be nearly or wholly obsolete. See Property. ]
2. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; consonance with established principles, rules or customs; justness; accuracy. Propriety of conduct, in a moral sense, consists in its conformity to the moral law; propriety of behavior, consists in conformity to the established rules of decorum; propriety in language, is correctness in the use of words and phrases, according to established usage, which constitutes the rule of speaking and writing.
3. Proper state.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROPRIETY

Pro *pri "e *ty, n.; pl. Proprieties. Etym: [F. propriété, L.proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Property, Proper. ]

 

1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs. ] "Onles this propriety be exiled. " Robynson (More's Utopia ). So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs. ] Bacon. We find no mention hereof in ancient zoögraphers,... who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. Sir T. Browne.

 

3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc. "The rule of propriety, " Locke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

propriety

pro pri e ty |p (r )əˈprīətē p (r )əˈpraɪədi | ▶noun ( pl. proprieties ) the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals: he always behaved with the utmost propriety. • (proprieties ) the details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct: she's a great one for the proprieties. • the condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting: they questioned the propriety of certain investments made by the council. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘peculiarity, essential quality ’): from Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas (see property ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

propriety

pro ¦pri |ety |prəˈprʌɪəti | ▶noun ( pl. proprieties ) [ mass noun ] conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals: he always behaved with the utmost propriety. • (proprieties ) the details or rules of behaviour conventionally considered to be correct: she's a great one for the proprieties. • the condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting: they questioned the propriety of certain investments made by the council. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘peculiarity, essential quality ’): from Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas (see property ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

propriety

propriety noun 1 she behaves with the utmost propriety: decorum, respectability, decency, correctness, protocol, appropriateness, suitability, good manners, courtesy, politeness, rectitude, morality, civility, modesty, demureness; sobriety, refinement, discretion. ANTONYMS indecorum. 2 (proprieties ) he was careful to preserve the proprieties in public: etiquette, convention (s ), social grace (s ), niceties, one's Ps and Qs, protocol, standards, civilities, formalities, accepted behavior, good form, the done thing, the thing to do, punctilio.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

propriety

propriety noun 1 he always behaves towards me with the utmost propriety: decorum, respectability, decency, correctness, appropriateness, good manners, courtesy, politeness, rectitude, civility, modesty, demureness; sobriety, refinement, decorousness, seemliness, becomingness, discretion, gentility, etiquette, breeding, conventionality, orthodoxy, formality, protocol; formal probity; archaic tenue. ANTONYMS impropriety, indecorum. 2 (proprieties ) he was careful to preserve the proprieties in public: etiquette, social conventions, social grace (s ), social niceties, one's Ps and Qs, protocol, decorum, standards, civilities, ceremony, formalities, rules of conduct, accepted behaviour, conventionalities, good manners, good form, the done thing, the thing to do, punctilio, attention to detail; archaic convenance (s ). 3 they question the propriety of certain investments made by the council: correctness, rightness, fitness, suitability, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, morality, ethicality. ANTONYMS impropriety.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

propriety

pro pri e ty /prəprá (ɪ )əti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 U 礼儀 (正しさ ), 作法 ; たしなみ .2 U 適切 [妥当 ]さ ; 正当性 .3 C 〖the -ties 〗礼儀作法 .