properness

== English == === Etymology === From proper + -ness. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒ.pə.nəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒ.pɚ.nəs/ === Noun === properness (usually uncountable, plural propernesses) The state or condition of being proper; propriety. (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.). (obsolete) Excellence, quality. , II.3.2: Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits […] betook himself to his beads, and by those means got more honour than ever he should have done with the use of his limbs and properness of person […] ==== Translations ====