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Showing words for PROPRIETY using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Propriety

propriety

8 Letter Words for Propriety

property, trippery

7 Letter Words for Propriety

pierrot, portier, preriot, propter, protype, tripery, tripper

6 Letter Words for Propriety

epirot, pipery, poetry, popery, porier, porite, porret, porter, potpie, pretor, pretry, priory, proper, protei, pyrite, pyrope, report, retrip, rioter, riotry, ripper, rippet, ropery, ropier, tipper, topper, tripey, trippy, troper, typier, yipper, yopper

5 Letter Words for Propriety

epopt, eyrir, opter, orpit, perit, perry, perty, petri, petro, piert, piety, pioye, piper, pipey, pirot, poire, popie, porer, poret, porry, porte, porty, poter, preop, prier, prior, propr, prore, prote, repot, repro, repry, retip, retro, retry, riper, roper, rorie, rorty, roter, royet, ryper, tepor, tepoy, terry, tippy, tirer, toper, toppy, toyer, trier, trior, tripe, tripy, trope, tryer, typer

4 Letter Words for Propriety

eiry, epit, epop, eyot, irpe, iter, oyer, pepo, peri, perp, pert, peto, pier, piet, pioy, pipe, pipy, pirr, pity, poet, pope, pore, porr, port, pory, pote, poti, prep, pret, prey, prie, prio, prop, pyet, pyot, pyre, pyro, reit, repo, repp, repr, rept, rier, riot, ripe, ripp, ript, rite, roer, roey, roit, rope, ropp, ropy, rort, rory, rote, roti, royt, ryot, rype, terp, terr, tier, tipe, tire, tirr, toey, tope, topi, tore, tori, torr, trey, trie, trio, trip, trop, troy, trye, tryp, tyer, type, typo, typp, tyro, tyrr, yeti, yipe, yirr, yite, yore, yote

3 Letter Words for Propriety

eir, epi, err, ert, ety, eyr, ipo, ipr, ire, iyo, oer, oie, ope, opp, opt, ore, ort, ory, oye, pep, per, pet, pie, pip, pir, pit, poi, pop, por, pot, poy, ppi, ppr, ppt, pre, pro, prp, pry, pte, ptp, pty, pye, pyr, rei, rep, rie, rio, rip, rit, roe, roi, rot, rpt, rte, rti, rye, ter, tie, tip, toe, toi, top, tor, toy, tpi, tri, trp, try, tye, typ, tyr, yeo, yep, yer, yet, yip, yoe, yoi, yor, yot

Definitions for Propriety

[1] conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
[2] appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability.
[3] rightness or justness.
[4] the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners: to observe the proprieties.
[5] Obsolete . a property.
[6] Obsolete . a peculiarity or characteristic of something.
[7] the quality or state of being appropriate or fitting
[8] conformity to the prevailing standard of behaviour, speech, etc
[9] the proprieties (plural) the standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society

Words related to Propriety

legitimacy, decorum, correctness, suitability, rectitude, respectability, morality, dignity, modesty, decency, correspondence, consonance, pleasantness, concord, justice, accordance, compatibility, properness, convenience, advisability

Words nearby Propriety

proprietary medicine, proprietary name, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, propriety, proprio motu, proprio-, proprioception, proprioceptive, proprioceptive mechanism

Origin of Propriety

1425–75; late Middle English propriete ownership, something owned, one's own nature (compare variant proprete property) < Middle French propriété < Latin proprietās peculiarity, ownership, equivalent to propri(us ) proper + -etās, variant, after vowels, of -itās -ity

Words that may be confused with Propriety

probity, propriety

Other words from Propriety

non·pro·pri·e·ty , noun, plural non·pro·pri·e·ties.

Word origin for Propriety

C15: from Old French propriété, from Latin proprietās a peculiarity, from proprius one's own

Synonyms for Propriety

correctness, decorum, legitimacy, morality, rectitude, respectability, suitability, accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correspondence, expedience, fitness, harmony, justice, order, pleasantness, properness, rightness, seemliness, ethicality, meetness, recommendability