Propriety Definition
prə-prīĭ-tē
proprieties
noun
proprieties
Conformity with what is proper or fitting.
Webster's New World
Socially correct usages or behaviors.
American Heritage
The quality of being proper, fitting, or suitable; fitness.
Webster's New World
Conformity with accepted standards of proper manners or behavior.
Webster's New World
Peculiar or proper nature or state.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
the proprieties
- accepted standards of behavior in polite society
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Propriety
- the proprieties
Origin of Propriety
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Late Middle English propriete (“ownership"), from Anglo-Norman proprietie, Middle French proprieté, from Latin proprietās. Compare property.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English propriete particular character, ownership from Old French property
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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