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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impropriety \Im`pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl {Improprieties}. [L.
improprietas cf F. impropri['e]t['e]. See {Improper}.]
1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness
to character, time place or circumstances; as
impropriety of behavior or manners.
2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act or
an inaccurate use of language.
But every language has likewise its improprieties
and absurdities. --Johnson.
Many gross improprieties, however authorized by
practice, ought to be discarded. --Swift.
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