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What (who) is proper - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Proper (disambiguation)
proper
¦ adjective
1. truly what something is said or regarded to be; genuine: she's never had a proper job.
[postposition] strictly so called: the World Cup proper.
2. suitable or appropriate; correct.
respectable.
3. (proper to) belonging or relating exclusively to.
(of a psalm, prayer, etc.) appointed for a particular day or occasion.
archaic belonging to oneself.
4. [usu. postposition] Heraldry in the natural colours.
5. archaic or dialect good-looking.
¦ adverb Brit. informal or dialect correctly.
?thoroughly.
¦ noun the part of a church service that varies with the season or feast.
Derivatives
properness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. propre, from L. proprius 'one's own, special'.
proper
adj.
1) proper to + inf. (it is not proper to enter that restaurant without a jacket)
2) proper that + clause; subj. (it is proper that she state/should state her own opinion)
proper
a.
1.
Particular, peculiar, individual, special, specific.
2.
Fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly, convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate.
3.
Exact, accurate, precise, correct, just, formal.
4.
Real, actual, properly so called.
5.
Decent, respectable.
6.
Own, belonging to.
7.
Natural, original.
Examples of use of proper
1. These were proper threats, proper foes and proper nouns.
2. If you‘re not an MP, you need a proper hall and a proper public meeting for proper heckling.
3. They always managed to produce, around their wobbly round table, proper talk about proper things.
4. We need proper permission from proper authorities.» The Indian Consulate provided them with a large number of jackets.
5. It is a proper subject for science and it is a proper subject for a medical journal to comment on.