unproper

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈpɹɒpə/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Improper, not according with fact or reason; wrong, irregular. obsolete
    — Sir, as I said last time, labour to keep your alacrity and dignity, in an even temper: for in a dark sadness, indifferent things seem abominable, or necessary, being neither; as trees, and sheep, to melancholy night-walkers, have unproper shapes.
  2. Improper, not suited for its use or application; inappropriate. archaic
    — The pleasure in the act of Venus is the greatest of the pleasures of the senses: the matching of it with itch is unproper; though that also be pleasing to the touch.
  3. Not belonging to a given person; someone else's. obsolete
    — There's Millions now aliue, That nightly lye in those vnproper beds, Which they dare sweare peculiar.
  4. Improper, not according with good standards of behaviour; indecent, indecorous. rare
    — His equally unproper brother, City Planner Charles W. II, shocked purists in the 19303 by building a flat-topped house in Ipswich.

词形变化

more unproper comparative most unproper superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Latin propriusbor.
Anglo-Norman proprebor.
Middle English propre
English proper
English unproper
From un- + proper.
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