See Also: ogee(medicine)
ogee(dictionary)
improper(medicine)
improper(1)(dictionary)
improper(2)(dictionary)
improper(dictionary)
improper fraction(dictionary)

improper(2) (iou) and ogee (iou)


improper(2) (iou)



improper adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French impropre or Latin improprius, formed as IM-2 + proprius PROPER adjective.]
Incorrect, inaccurate, irregular, wrong. LME.
improper fraction Math. a fraction whose value is greater than one, with the numerator greater than the denominator.
I. Murdoch These would make terrible wounds, and Pat felt..it would be improper to use them. H. Wilson To provide..contact with the party machine, which it would be unprocedural, if not improper, to attempt through the Civil Service.
Unsuitable, inappropriate. L16.
R. Boyle A Plain being a very improper place for such a purpose.
Unbecoming, unseemly, indecorous. E17.
G. Santayana This deportment, undignified..on weekdays, was positively improper on Sundays. A. Carter Melanie felt improper, like a chorus girl taking Holy Communion in fishnet tights.
improperly adverb LME.
improperness noun (rare) E17.

ogee (iou)



ogee noun & adjective. ME.
[Prob. reduced form of OGIVE, perh. through the pl. form ogi(v)es.]
Architecture.
A. noun.
= OGIVE 1. ME-E17.
(A moulding having) a curved surface S-shaped in cross-section, concave above and convex below; a cyma recta. Also occas., such a moulding convex above and concave below; a cyma reversa. L17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Consisting of an ogee or a series of ogees; having the outline of an ogee or an ogee arch. L17.
ogee curve, ogee moulding, ogee shape, ogee window, etc. ogee arch an arch formed by two contrasted ogees which meet at its apex.
ogeed, ogee'd adjective having (the form of) an ogee or ogees M19.