proprement dit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- proper adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
Senses
proprement dit is used for these senses in English:
- proper (often, _, postpositive) In the very strictest sense of the word. [14th c.]
proper — full definition
- adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.
- adj Following accepted standards of behaviour or manners; correct and decorous.
- adj Belonging specifically and exclusively to a particular person or thing; used especially in "proper noun" for the name of a specific person, place, or thing.