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Webster 1913 Edition
Apropos
Ap′ro-posˊ
(ăp′rō̍-pōˊ)
, Adj.
& adv.
[F.
à propos
; à
(L. ad
) + propos
purpose, L. proposium
plan, purpose, fr. proponere
to propose. See Propound
.] 1.
Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
A tale extremely
apropos
. Pope.
2.
By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; – a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apropos
AP'ROPOS
,adv.
1.
Opportunely; seasonably.2.
By the way; to the purpose; a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.Definition 2024
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apropos
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
apropos (comparative more apropos, superlative most apropos)
- Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
- 1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI,
- Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.
- 1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI,
- by the way, incidental.
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
- Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine."
- 1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Synonyms
- (by the way): by the way, incidentally, incidental
Translations
of an appropriate or pertinent nature
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Preposition
apropos
- Regarding or concerning.
- 2011, Jeremy Harding, "Diary", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
- Few have the same root and branch obsession with the recent past or the avenger’s recall (‘the necessity for long memory and sarcasm in argument’, as he wrote apropos the old left intelligentsia in New York).
- 2011, Jeremy Harding, "Diary", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
regarding or concerning
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Adverb
apropos
- By the way.
- Timely; at a good time.
Translations
by the way
timely, at a good time
Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard) à propos
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apropo/, [apʰʁ̥opʰo], [ɑpʰʁ̥opʰo]
Noun
apropos n (singular definite aproposet or apropos'et, plural indefinite aproposer or apropos'er)
Inflection
Inflection of apropos
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | apropos | aproposet apropos'et |
aproposer apropos'er |
aproposerne apropos'erne |
| genitive | apropos' | aproposets apropos'ets |
aproposers apropos'ers |
aproposernes apropos'ernes |
Preposition
apropos
- apropos (regarding or concerning)
Adverb
apropos