Proprietousness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being proprietous or proper; properness rare, uncountable

    "The inappropriate disapproval of this infantile innocence by the virginal proprietousness of a Gerty MacDowell--another prudish character whose nature proves irrepressible--is seen in the final image..."

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"The inappropriate disapproval of this infantile innocence by the virginal proprietousness of a Gerty MacDowell--another prudish character whose nature proves irrepressible--is seen in the final image..."

Etymology

From proprietous + -ness.

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